Her voice echoed over the sound system and pierced my heart as she quoted Jesus asking His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane, “Could you not keep watch with me for one hour?”
Will You Not Pray With Me For One Hour?
Even in grief, I avoid God
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
If God doesn’t grant you the desires of your heart, is He still enough?
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Be careful what you pray for?” Until recently, it was something I always took for granted. You see, a few months ago, I was at a really amazing spot with God… in fact, I might even say I had never felt closer to Him. Life had settled down a […]
Producing Real Fruit
This past week I woke up right away thinking about all the things I needed to do. I felt so overwhelmed that I was becoming unmotivated. Yet I was also feeling the urgency to get it all done and a wave of motivation hit again. Moments after, I was feeling the anxiety again because I […]
What is your worship style?
A love for music came early in my life. The earliest memories are of a tiny record player, my momma gave me. I was maybe 4 or 5? The base of the record player was white and the top which folded down like a briefcase was light blue with a large, colorful air balloon painted […]
We Are One
“It’s nothing to split a church over.”
Have you forgotten you’ve been fully forgiven?
Whenever I used to hear sermons preached for those struggling to believe they’ve been fully forgiven, I zoned out. I’d think, “That used to be me, but not anymore!”
Is your heart out of alignment?
When it comes to our walk with God, I like to think of us as cars. I wish we were like the smart self-driving cars, but that’s just giving us a little too much credit. No, we are more like the cars that are just a little out of alignment (and sometimes really out of […]
In the Beginnings
As I begin my inaugural blog post for the All the More faithful, so many thoughts run through my head before I feel equipped to begin. Should I type my words out, or write a draft in my journal for a sort of over-romanticized authenticity? When this is posted should I share it, or is […]
Being Human Isn’t The Problem
I’ve been thinking a lot about Jesus’ incarnation lately, asking this question over and over: If Jesus was the perfect human – fully obedient to the Father – then isn’t our problem sin and not humanity?