Encouragement

  • 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…

  • Red Sea Moments

    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…

  • Don’t Stop Believing

    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.…

  • Testimony Time

    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!