The fog rolls in. You know that the sun is shining brightly, yet the fog is taking center stage. The _______ rolls in,. You know that THE SON is shining brightly, yet the _________ is taking center stage. What is your _________? That person, place or thing that is dimming HIS LIGHT. It is all consuming. It is all you can think about. It is all that you can see. We all have a _________ or a _________ that strives to rob the PEACE & the JOY of the LORD. What if you FASTED from

No one likes conflict. But what if the fear of conflict keeps you away from taking the risk to share THE TRUTH? Well, I don't like conflict and I feared it like the plague, but I had to stop FEARING to share the LIFE GIVING TRUTH that has caused great conflict, because it is worse to not take the risk. Wouldn't you push a child out of the way of a moving truck? THE TRUTH isn't meant to cause conflict. THE TRUTH brings LOVE to the shamed, the guilty, the lost, the addicted, th

JOY is a little word, yet carries the power to put HAPPY to shame. Because JOY is FOREVER and HAPPY is temporary. Does that make HAPPY bad? Oh no. I LOVE being HAPPY. But the question to ask is whether you can have JOY, yet not be HAPPY. Hmm. Think about it. That day. That day it all went dark. When the ONE who was supposed to SAVE the world was hanging from a cross. Where was HAPPY? Was it in the cries coming out of the crucified KING? "My GOD my GOD why have you forsaken me

This is going to sound so Christian~ese, but I don't know how I would REALLY LIVE LIFE without GOD & JESUS. GOD has a way of getting your attention so that you KNOW that you can't REALLY LIVE LIFE WITHOUT HIM. It takes GOD ALLOWING HIS SON to be brutally crucified on a CROSS because of HIS GREAT LOVE for NO ONE TO leave is earth without HIM. Sounds so absurd to so many and like UNLOVE, for who would SACRIFICE HIS SON in such a gut wrenching bloody way to show LOVE. HMM. THE G

Have you ever felt so LOW, because of what is happening or because of what is not happening in your life, that you just can't get UP? You wonder how it is even possible to GET UP, but you know that you can't stay where you are. GET UP anyway! Make a JOYFUL noise. A noise that makes your whole body become alive, when your whole body feels lifeless. But what if you don't FEEL like making a JOYFUL noise, until you FEEL JOY? Do it anyway, because JOY is tucked deep down inside

What if JOY isn't a figment of your imagination? What if JOY becomes so REAL that you can't BELIEVE that you can actually BE JOYFUL when there is nothing that you see or feel that has any JOY. JOY is REAL. It is closer than you can ever imagine. Ready. Get Set Go. "Celebrate GOD all day, every day. I mean, revel in HIM!"* Don't you SEE HIM. Look at the trees. Listen to the birds. Look into the eyes of a child. Feel HIM in a hug. Let HIM catch your tears. Give HIM your fears

Where is JOY? Oh so ALIVE! Just look at the CROSS. “You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. THEN GOD made you alive with CHRIST, and HE forgave all our sins. HE canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross” (Colossians 2:13-14). Where is JOY? Oh so ALIVE. Just look at the GRAVE~ "HE is not here, for HE has risen, just as HE said [HE would]. Come! See the place where HE was lying" (

REALITY is that we all have EXPECTATIONS. But what if our EXPECTATIONS become our REALITY? EXPECTANT PEACE~ "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to GOD; And the peace of GOD, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in CHRIST JESUS" (Philippians 4;7) EXPECTANT STRENGTH~ "I can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13) EXPECTANT JOY~

GOD IS THE FATHER of ALL. GOD IS THE PERFECT FATHER of ALL. Who would I be WITHOUT GOD THE FATHER? I wouldn't be here. You wouldn't be here. What if today we all took the time to celebrate OUR FATHER who art in HEAVEN, and remember HIS FAITHFULNESS! GREAT IS HIS FAITHFULNESS as GOD keeps reminding me that HE has never left me, even when others have. GOD keeps reminding me that HE has always LOVED me, even when others haven't. GOD keeps reminding me that HE has always been

You become so STILL that you HEAR the soft whisper to your SOUL: "KNOW ME, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU." The words seemed familiar, yet different. And so I asked, "Is that YOU, GOD?" Deep down, I knew the answer. Because what I heard were not merely words— I EXPERIENCED GOD. A surreal experience. A HOLY moment that caused me to pause and wonder, even though I know the SPIRIT OF GOD lives in me, just as HE lives in you the moment you receive JESUS into your heart. But do we truly live