insurmountable let.

There are periods in life when we hit the valley.  I’m not just referring to the occasional bad hair day, the afternoon that everyone decides to cut you off on the road or even the week that you not only failed a test, but missed class and managed to miss a cell...

called out.

“Then the LORD asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth–a man of complete integrity. He fears God and will have nothing to do with evil.'”  Job 1:8  It astounds me the immense pride that the Lord...

clarity with umph.

Let your love, God, shape my life       with salvation, exactly as you promised;    Then I’ll be able to stand up to mockery       because I trusted your Word.    Don’t ever deprive me of truth, not ever—       your commandments are what I depend on....

joy.

“You have shown me the way of life, and you will give me wonderful joy in your presence.”  Acts 2:28 I never want to have joy that is based on circumstance. I want joy because God is my circumstance. I never want joy just because my life is good. I want...

drown out.

My greatest worship experiences haven’t been in a large auditorium, a youth convention, or even a worship concert. It’s not that I haven’t had great worship sessions in those venues, but they just haven’t been the best.  I can honestly say that...

roll over.

I hate the misconception that as a Christian I am somehow expected to be a pushover. I hate that as a Christ follower people think that I am kindly supposed to take whatever is dished out to me without any retaliation in the process. It is basically assumed that in...