Reigning in Life: Prophetic Identity for a New Era
It was 2008, and we were into our third year of planting Center City Church. It was a Sunday morning, and one of my children came running up to me after church to tell me that my car alarm was going off. I remember walking out the front door of the movie theater where we…
When Trust Breaks: Finding Holy Spirit in the Pain of Betrayal
Trust is power. When you give your trust to someone, you’re giving them the power to love you, the power to believe in you, along with the power to be deceptive and misrepresent you. Betrayal doesn’t just break trust – it breaks your heart. I think for the believer, betrayal brings a rare kind…
The Intersection of Leadership and Personal Well-Being: 5 Practical Tips to Empower Leaders
If you’re like me, what I can give away to others depends greatly on my mental, spiritual, and emotional health. There were many seasons in the early years of ministry when I foolishly sacrificed things that should never be sacrificed, all in the name of ministry. As I grew as a follower of Jesus and…
WHAT WAS FALLING APART IS FALLING INTO PLACE
Perseverance of faith means you might not see anything hopeful, but you still believe it will come to pass anyway. Perseverance will require seasons where you feel hidden. It isn’t a place of being forgotten even though, at the moment, it probably will feel that way, but it’s a place of being covered. When a…
RESILIENCE IN ADVERSITY
Have you ever received prophetic words or known specific promises God has made over your life, but it feels like the opposite begins to happen? “Then Jesus was led by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After He had gone without food for forty days and forty nights, He…
Now is Your Time
Discover the significance of God’s timing in the fulfillment of His promises in your life. Despite challenges, your perseverance through the process will result in beauty, no matter what things look like right now.
