Maps are useful for planning and we all need plans. We should always plan to do good works and to serve and glorify God. However, you also have to accept that God may throw a curveball to help you grow spiritually and to become more like Christ. This isn’t always what we want in the… Continue reading Maps

Author Michele Cushatt talks about true sacrifice in her book Undone — God called her by bringing the mission field to her and her husband in an unglamorous way — by raising three high-needs preschoolers of a mom who could no longer care for them due to addiction. This, instead of becoming permanent traveling missionaries… Continue reading Mercy & Sacrifice

We must forgive as Christ has forgiven us. We tend to judge and condemn more for particularly heinous sins. What we forget in these circumstances is that God views all sin the same. None of us are perfect and we all need to be forgiven. Humans put levels of sin on an offense. You can’t… Continue reading Planks

Love is an action, not a feeling as Hollywood would have you believe. Most feelings are the result of our actions. There are exceptions, however I would argue that you can always replace feelings with other feelings through your actions — good or bad. In other words, we should not wait on God, because God… Continue reading Love Is An Action

Christ changes us from the inside out. The world, culture, or the flesh wants to change people from the outside in. When we pray, it is not only a petition to God, but it also changes us. When our prayers are inline with what God desires for us, and with how God wants us to… Continue reading Change