Resolute (adjective ) - Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering. When Isaac was a baby, he and I lived with my mom. I cannot remember another time where everything in my life seemed like it was in crisis; health issues, financial issues, personal safety issues, and emotional health issues pervaded our everyday. It was as though…
Have you ever gotten fed up with how long God was taking to answer you and you get to the point where you just ask the question: Are You even listening? I think we all have. This past week Pastor Nick dug into Habakkuk 1 where Habakkuk went to God in frustration and desperation. Now,…
Back when Isaac was only two, he and I were living with my mom. One night, he and I were playing in the living room when he fell straight backwards and hit his head hard. At first he was crying, but then suddenly his face froze, he quit breathing and went unconscious. I was so…
Last week, I received a personal message on a social media site from a friend. While I thought it was odd that she was messaging me, I still replied. After all I had seen her a few days before. It seemed odd that she would message me to see how I was doing. I replied…
John 15:3-4 "Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me." I think we live in a world right now that…
“David comforted his wife Bathsheba, came to her, and went to bed with her. She gave birth to a son and named him Solomon. Adonai loved him and sent through Nathan the prophet to have him named Jedidiah (loved by God), for Adonai’s sake.” ~ 2nd Samuel 12:24-25 The book of 2nd Samuel and subsequent…
The word Apex is defined as "The uppermost point". So, for example, the summit of a mountain would be the Apex of that mountain. The highest point. The very tip top of that mountain is the Apex. People spend between $30,000 - $90,000 to attempt to hike Mount Everest. The dream for many is to…
If there have been two particular tactics being used by the Enemy this day and age, it has been complacency and/or despair. I find that, at times, I am either in one one or the other. Sometimes, depending on what side of the bed I woke up on. It’s been especially noticeable, lately, that I…
I shared this on Sunday briefly but I have been stuck on the scripture in Genesis 1:2 where it talks about the Spirit hovering over the deep. ‘The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the…
The first couple of years after my divorce, I had to deal with a lot of guilt and shame from it. All I could see was the sin and the failure of it. I didn’t want to be guilty before the eyes of God or others and I worried a lot about that. I worried…
