Category: Encouragement

  • What Goes On Behind the Curtain?

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    Anytime I go to see any type of production, I can’t help but wonder… What goes on when the curtain’s down? Are the performers getting in a little last minute practice? Are they nervous about the performance? Are they putting in some final preparation? As I was reading Exodus 2:1-10 a few days ago, I…

  • Life & Death in 1 Chapter

    Genesis 3:6-7: When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them…

  • God Will Allow More Than You Can Handle

    God Will Allow More Than You Can Handle

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    “God will never put more on you than you can handle.” I’ve heard this statement all my life. I’ve believed this statement for much of my life. The problem: it’s not biblical. Nowhere in the Bible do we find a verse that remotely says, “God won’t put more on you than you can handle.” The…

  • To: The Hurting

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    You matter. You have a future. You can be forgiven. You can be freed. You have an identity. You are noticed. You are rich. You are loved.

  • Arms That Hold the Universe

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    I’ve had Fee’s song “Arms That Hold the Universe” on repeat for a week now. It’s one of those songs that has the ability to speak to you during your best or worst days… When things aren’t going our way. When we’ve messed it up. When we’re left asking “why?”. When we are celebrating God’s…

  • Walking With a Stumble

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    “If we only have the will to walk, then God is pleased with our stumbles.” – C.S. Lewis I am constantly teaching the youth that I lead that their faith is more important and essential than their perfection. The problem… Many of us have never come to that reality. We’ve tried to become perfect. We’ve…

  • Stop Being A Victim

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    With Jesus, we are no longer victims, we are victors! Life is full of situations. Some of them we control. Sometimes, we make bad decisions. Sometimes, we put ourselves in bad situations. Sometimes, we willfully become a victim. Some of them are out of our control. Sometimes, bad things happen to us. Sometimes, we are…

  • Red Sea Moments

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    Life hurts. It often seems like life is a series of unfortunate events. When you think you’ve found the conclusion to one problem, two more pop up. When you think you’ve survived one storm, another is on the horizon. When you feel you’re growing, something tries to tear you down. When you think you’re doing…

  • Don’t Stop Believing

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    Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrew 11:1 I’ve heard this verse all my life. I’ve heard about how we are to live out our faith in our every day lives. I’ve taught about how God is bigger than your biggest problem. I’ve…

  • Testimony Time

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    When I was growing up, my pastor would take a Sunday night every now and then to have a testimony service. Basically, the idea was that people would share what God was doing in their life. So, I have a question… What’s one thing God is doing in your life right now? Go!