Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of...
READ MOREJust as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man.
1 Corinthians 15:49 nlt
You’ll be made perfect. Finally, the totality of your being will be saturated only with goodness. Think of all that...
READ MOREWorthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered—to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.
Revelation 5:12 nlt
Pilate dares to ask Jesus, “What is truth?” Jesus doesn’t even bother answering...
READ MORE“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.
Mark 10:51
Recovering your true heart’s desire may involve facing some deep disappointment. Undoubtedly, it will require painful self-examination. But you do not need to...
READ MORE“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Matthew 6:10
You have been looking for the kingdom all your life. When you were a child, you searched for it in ponds and cornfields, attics and bedroom...
READ MORE“My grace is sufficient for you.”
2 Corinthians 12:9 nasb
There is only the kingdom, friend. Everything else will slip through your fingers, no matter how strong your grasp. Why do you fight this hope? You nod in...
READ MOREThe history of a man's relationship with God is the story of how God calls him out, takes him on a journey, and gives him his true name. Most of us have thought it was the story of how God sits on his throne waiting to whack a man broadside when...
READ MOREAnd then the long story of God's pursuit of humanity begins. Satan wanted center stage: He wanted to be the main character, he wanted to be the point. His plan now is to ruin the Sacred Romance, to get us all caught up in our own little...
READ MOREWhat Jesus primarily models for us is how to draw our life from the Father. This passage from Philippians—one of the earliest hymns of the faith—says that Jesus more than humbled himself when he came to earth. He emptied himself:
Who,...
READ MOREWe usually think of the middle years of the Christian life as a time of acquiring better habits and their accompanying virtues. But inviting Jesus into the "aching abyss" of our heart perhaps has more to do with holding our heart hopefully in...
READ MOREHere’s what I am learning: A grateful heart is a heart that is free. An ungrateful heart is a heart that is bound. Gratitude inevitably leads to freedom.
The root of the word gratitude is the Latin word gratis, which means free. If...
READ MOREIs there any doubt that the God John beheld (Rev. 4:3, 6) was beautiful beyond description? But of course. God must be even more glorious than this glorious creation, for it "foretells" or "displays" the glory that...
Every woman can tell you about her wound; some came with violence, others came with neglect. Just as every little boy is asking one question, every little girl is, as well. But her question isn’t so much about her strength. No, the deep cry of a...
READ MOREJesus is inviting us to relax into the beauty he has bestowed upon us and cease striving to attain a level of smooth perfection that looks wonderful on a doll or on a magazine cover but is not attainable in the living, breathing realm of humanity...
READ MOREWho is this God who is so determined that we know His presence that He is willing to allow so much that hinders us to be stripped away, including at times our health and well-being? Where do my beliefs of what well-being actually is not align...
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