Sanctification – Becoming More Like Jesus
The life we were meant to live is in God’s Kingdom. A life without a focus on celebrity, worldly wealth or glamor. Following our acceptance of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, our salvation, many followers of Christ will seek to become more like Jesus as they seek to obey 1 Peter 1:14-16 which […]
Following God with Your Whole Heart
Trends can be fun, can’t they? Trends in food, in social media apps, trends in how we consume media, and our beloved fashion trends. Despite all of the fun trends bring, there is a side to trends which tends to frustrate me more than anything. Often, trendsetters insist on others partaking in them, refusing to […]
Why Our Obedience Is So Important to God
It is funny just how much becoming a parent teaches us about following Jesus. The moment a child is born, parents are filled with an overwhelming, unexplainable love for their newborn child. Suddenly we catch a glimpse of how God feels about his children. As parents, we experience what it is like for a child […]
Living As Ambassadors For Christ
Life as a new believer can be a little confusing and a little overwhelming. What I have discovered is a mix of Christian culture and human tendencies which create the perfect storm for misunderstanding our role as ambassadors for Christ. One reason behind this confusion is our human desire to put things into categories, to […]
Not My Job – Our Unconscious Response to Missions
Not My Job! How many times in our work conversations have you heard yourself or a coworker use the phrase, “Not MY JOB!” When it comes to job responsibilities we do not like or do not view as related to our role, we are quick to voice this claim. And while I would venture to […]
What Is God’s Work? – Sacred VS Secular
I find it rather disturbing how people refer to spiritual work as if it is only for a select few. The notion that certain work is only for priests, pastors, or missionaries. If we are honest, we all have our preconceived ideas about what is God’s work and what work is secular. Over time, we […]
Partial Obedience – The Danger In Following God Halfway
In following Jesus, sometimes obedience is clear, and other times I wonder what obedience means in my situation. What I have found is there are many times God will call me to do something, and I am not sure what obedience looks like in that situation. When placed in this situation, believers will often choose […]
The Qualifications To Be A Missionary
The whole concept of missionaries got me thinking about how missionaries begin their journey and the qualifications to be a missionary. Do theses individuals have a divine experience like Paul in the dessert where a blinding light shines on them and a deep booming voice instructs them on their next move? Are they selfless people […]
Redefining Our View of Missions and Missionaries
What if I told you that your idea of missions and missionaries could be completely off? The view held by the majority of Christians today about missionaries is false or incomplete at best. The common misconceptions held by many believers in the Christian church about missionaries prevents them from being truly impactful for the Kingdom […]
Living The Abundant Life
Once we get past the hurdle of actually praying, we begin to invite prayer in all faucets of our lives, and we begin to discover true relationship with God. We learn to bring God into the big things, the small things, and everything in between. This is exactly the place where God wants us to […]