Encouragement

  • 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…

  • God Will Allow More Than You Can Handle

    God Will Allow More Than You Can Handle

    “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.”…

  • To: The Hurting

    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

    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…

  • Walking With a Stumble

    “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.…

  • Stop Being A Victim

    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…