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Spiritual Maturity Requires Specific Subtraction
Learning new things often requires us to unlearn or let go of the old. The same is true for our maturity as Christians. Growing spiritually is not simply a matter of adding new information or things to do. In fact, God has gone to great lengths to help us understand that maturing spiritually begins, continues, and ends in the death of ourselves.
Perspective and Posture for the Metacrisis
Ironically, for God’s kingdom, the threat and impact of storms, chaos, and crises is potentially (i.e., if we are prepared to respond) good news. The opportunities for ministry are enormous! Loving one another will soon become a survival necessity. #iamjustthepen #inLightConsulting
Love as He Loved Me
More recently, God decided to put an emphasis on the question of, “Who am I to love?” Here’s what I heard Him say.
We Desperately Need the Prophets
We desperately need brave men and women who have been gifted to the church by Jesus, anointed by God, and empowered with gifts by the Holy Spirit; men and women who know God’s heart in light of our current, desperate situation and are not afraid to speak up. #iamjustthepen #inLightConsulting
inLight Adventure Newsletter – Proportional Transformation
God uses storms, chaos, and crises as instruments of our transformation. He encouraged me to consider the impacts and outcomes of transformation in proportion to the severity and length of this current chaotic season. Reasonably, one should expect greater chaos to produce greater impacts and outcomes – the hope and encouragement we will need to continue running the race when the storms get stronger still.
The Most Compressed Transformation of My Life
This is a testimony to God’s call and grace for my deep healing and His glory. God addressed, in large part, at least five desires I have been carrying around in my heart. In the process, He has transformed me for more, healing a deep wound in my soul. You will be encouraged, edified, and equipped for your next adventure by this witness of God’s attention to the desires of our hearts. #iamjustthepen #inLightConsulting
inLight Adventure Newsletter – A (Deeper) Relationship with God?
If you desire a personal relationship (or a deeper one) with the God of the Bible, I am here to help. The Lord has commissioned me – along with every other Christian – to do this very thing. Doing so is one way we express our love to Him, so you would be doing me a favor.
Disarming Discouragement
Whether we are trying to get healthy (3John 1:2), striving to enter through the narrow gate (Luke 13:24), or pursuing any number of other godly aspirations, the shadow of discouragement seems to lurk about the proceedings.
“To Pray,” Not “How to Pray”
Notice the disciple did not ask Jesus “how to pray.” The omission of “how” has been a curiosity to me for some time now. Why is a word, which appears over five-hundred times in the Bible, so conspicuously absent here? Why “to pray” and not “how to pray?”