

Journeys, expectations and the fuel for the fire
Yesterday morning the Lord showed me a picture. That's not uncommon for Him but this was not anything I expected.
I was chewing on what happens when certain expectations, that felt like faith, get dashed and how they can eat away at our relationship with God.
How Israel walked through this repeatedly (and badly) on their 40 year road trip. And how 1500 years later we find two discouraged disciples on their road trip to Emmaus struggling with the same issue.
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No Rabbit Trails: He's calling you deeper, deeper still
Interesting time of year. Much akin to the Christmas season with competing and confusing stories and symbols.
White rabbits, colored eggs, bright bonnets, spring flowers, bitter betrayal, brutal beating, bloody cross and an emptied grave.
Ah, sure....that all follows. But even if your focus is upon the death and resurrection of Jesus - most will still miss how God is moving us in this time.
For the many will remember what Jesus accomplished. Some will go further t


This month - LIFE WINS!...but you choose
In this, the first biblical month, God brings a clear focus to crossover: From bondage into freedom and from wandering into destiny.
But make no mistake: When life, freedom, and destiny are involved, there is always a battle. Soon all the church will celebrate that Jesus crossed over from life through death to Resurrection.
But God also links two crossovers of Israel to illustrate ALL that is accomplished by Christ's work so we can align to receive those blessings.
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