)CBByrd 3/19/2022). Even in the wilderness, darkness or midst of battle…… “It’s not a dead end if God took you there for a purpose.” Character in movie “Unconditional” If you find yourself in any such place, God’s redemptive power...
Spiritual awakening begins with a profound awareness of God’s awesome holiness on one side, our absolute sinfulness on the other, and our complete inability to bridge the chasm between the two. Only Jesus Christ can cover the gap. Revival always starts with the...
“Gifts from God that are not acknowledged as such are deadly to the soul, because they thicken the illusion of self-sufficiency that leads to over-confidence and sets us up for failure.”. Tim Keller, Prayer, Chapter 8. I awoke in the night with someone on...
What can be discovered in small accountable, confessional “banding” together (in the Wesleyan sense) for Christian spiritual growth: Romans 15:14 14 Personally I am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness,...
I read a post about the UMC’s apparent loss of enthusiasm for evangelism evidenced by how many churches have had no professions of faith in any recent year and voicing the hope that new expressions of Methodism would renew the practice of evangelism and bring...
9/27/21: This is my tribe….. I cannot recount all the incredible ways in which I’ve seen God move in the last year in Spirit-abiding, in comfort-giving, in provision-making, in protection-covering, in promise-keeping, in vision-giving, in faith-building, in...
