Change One
Stories of Change.
Our focus matters. What are we looking at? What do we see? What we can see with our natural eye can seem real, big and often scary. Put on your eyes of faith to see beyond what the natural eye sees. Look beyond what is seen to see what is true.
Read MoreWhat will you do when you hear the voice of your creator calling out to you? The pastor in my church always says, “No matter who you are, no matter what you’ve done, no matter what’s been done to you, you are welcome at the Lord’s table.” I love this invaluable truth. We are all God’s children because He made us all.
Read MoreOne definition of fear is “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, and likely to cause pain, or a threat.” The key word here is “belief.” In order to believe something, one must accept that it is true. Where you put your belief has everything to do with how you will handle fear when and if it finds its way to you.
Read MoreA new year brings with it new questions: What am I going to accomplish? What am I going to do differently? What am I going to stop doing? Sometimes these questions, and the answers that accompany them, are helpful and useful—and sometimes they are not.
But one of the best questions we can ask ourselves on occasion is, What is my mission in life? Not surprisingly, for those of us at Mission Life, this is one of our favorite questions.
Read MoreEven into the difficult moments of life, we must be willing to enter. We must be strong and confident, and enter the hard moments with Jesus. Don’t walk alone -- bring Jesus into all the moments of life. He is Emmanuel, He is “God with us” (Matthew 1:23). His promise is that He is with us. But are we with Him?
Read MoreWords matter. Words are a much bigger deal than we think. Proverbs 18:21 clearly tells us, “Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
What are we eating? What are we serving to others? Whose kingdom are we building?
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