When everything has been stripped from your life and you stand alone and “naked” what do you do? Where do you find your worth? What can you learn about yourself? Facing your nakedness can be a turning point for you.
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Oswald Chambers spoke of a “discipline of darkness.” This means that God teaches us things during dark times that we will never learn in the light. What might God be teaching you during your season of loss or hardship?
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God allows hard times to come our way and uses them to shape and develop us. We can fight it or yield to what God is doing within us. He wants to help us to exchange our pride for humility.
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When you’ve experienced a setback (exile) it’s natural to experience isolation and loneliness. But God never abandons us. He sends us companions to comfort us.
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When you experience a loss or setback, it’s easy to go into denial rather than face the painful emotions of anger, fear, and sadness.
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We all have setbacks in life. For some of us, we get stuck in these setbacks, what I call “exile.” This post begins a 40 day journey to help you move from setback to comeback in your life. Join me.
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I’m heading back to Mexico to speak to pastors about spiritual abuse. I’m also releasing the Spanish edition of my book Broken Trust (Una Confianza Rota) for free on Kindle.
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There is an inverse connection between shame and Sabbath, or the ability to rest. Shame causes us to strive for acceptance and never enter the rest that God has for us. But when you stop to rest, you might hear God’s voice of love.
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Shame is a painful emotion. As a result, we resort to a variety of coping mechanisms to cover the pain. But is it worth the trouble?
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In this final Advent reflection on the weakness of God I look at thoughts from Henri Nouwen on self-worth.
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Jesus wasn’t ashamed of being associated with weakness. He’s not ashamed of being associated with you either.
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The world champions strength and shuns weakness. But Jesus entered the world and left it in weakness. What can we learn from the “weakness of God” in this Advent season?
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The holidays magnify the pain and grief of our losses, especially the loss of loved ones. But for that very reason, God can use the holidays to bring healing and a new life to the bereaved.
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Mourning is not a place to live but a process to move through to a place where life is good again. Henri Nouwen offers his wisdom on how to approach loss.
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At times, we can get so caught up in a spiritual side issue that it detracts from our faith. Our obsession causes us to lose credibility with people and push people away from Jesus. We get lost in a rabbit hole.
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Christians often like to say that they take the Bible literally but Jesus didn’t. In fact, he often disobeyed clear teaching of the Bible. What does this mean for our Bible reading and application?
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This is the final post in the brief series on How To Pray, looking at Jesus’ teaching on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount. In this post I look at three things Jesus said we can ask for in prayer.
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This is part two in a short series on How To Pray. In this post I look at what our view of God should be before we even ask for anything from Him.
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Too many people fail to pray because they think it’s complicated. It’s not. If you can talk to a friend, you can talk to God. This post begins a brief series on How to Pray.
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Too often people limit the idea of God’s grace to simply forgiveness. But God’s grace is much more than forgiveness. God’s grace gives you a new status with God and the power to change your life.
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