The Beauty of Brokenness
In School of Discipleship, we recently have finished the book called The Calvary Road by Roy Hession. Wow! This book is truly a book that consists of hard truths that challenged by walk with the Lord. The main theme of the book is brokenness. It talks the absolute...
What Compels Me?
com·pel- force or oblige to do something "For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died." 2 Corinthians 5:14 God has been challenging me with this question. What is it that compels me to follow Him? What is it that...
Where has the time gone?
It appears to be mid-September already! That is the 8th month of the Discipleship program and I find myself asking the question “where has the time gone?” Christmas is coming, graduation is just around the corner and it feels like I just got here. However I do feel...
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF
The opportunity to pour your efforts on something bigger than yourself is more than an incredible blessing; it is an inexplicable phenomenon in which you witness your own change of heart. There have been many instances where I find myself sad about a personal matter...
Loving One Another
A couple of weeks ago, we had a time of solitude. During that time, God directed my attention to the second epistle of John. In this epistle, John reminds us that it is not a new commandment, to love one another but the original that was from the beginning. He...
Eternal Investments
Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. James 4:14 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 in·vest·ment = time, energy, or...
GLORIFYING MY CREATOR
It’s Saturday morning and I’m headed out the road with my friend to do some shopping. We get a weather advisory for a severe storm coming our direction. Heeding the warning, we go back to our houses and wait it out. I grab my Bible, journal and a fresh cup of French...
Worshipping the Creator
Look around at creation. Think about it. Really try and think about it. Try to comprehend.You can’t. It’s impossible. I look at the sun, the bright blue sky. I feel the breeze, I hear it lightly rustling the leaves. I breath in and taste fresh, crisp, cool air. Where...
A Choice to Make
Some walk through life in darkness, Blinded to the truth Laid so clearly before them. Their hands are tied, Their feet in stocks, Their voices silenced at a glance. They stumble nearly every step And find it hard to rise again. The pain is great, Their minds are...
For His Name’s Sake
We had the amazing privilege to have a pastor from a local church come and share with us just a little while ago. His first question that he asked us was “what do you love most?” Next he asked us “what do you think God loves most?” Right away my thought was “His...