There is a kind of poverty that has nothing to do with the absence of resources. It is the poverty of a person who stands in the presence of abundance but cannot open their hands to take it. It is the poverty of someone who has prayed for years for a specific blessing and then, … Read more
Intelligence is common. Information is abundant. In the age of the internet, access to knowledge has never been greater, more democratic, or more instantaneous. You can, within seconds, access the research of a Harvard professor, the memoir of a billionaire, the clinical analysis of a world-class physician, or the strategic thinking of a military general. … Read more
Of all the gifts that God can give a person, one of the least celebrated and most desperately needed is the gift of right timing. We pray for the right doors. We pray for the right relationships. We pray for the right opportunities, the right resources, the right words. But rarely do we stop to … Read more
There is a kind of prayer that most people never pray, not because they are selfish, but because they have not been taught to think this way. Most prayer is intensely personal — and rightly so. We pray for our needs, our healing, our provision, our relationships, our breakthroughs. We pray for the people we … Read more
There is a particular kind of suffering that doesn’t leave marks on the body. It doesn’t show up on an X-ray or in a blood test. It doesn’t always announce itself with dramatic symptoms or visible wounds. It is the suffering of a mind under pressure — stretched thin by deadlines, disappointments, uncertainty, and the … Read more
Every Christian — without exception — will encounter it at some point on their journey with God. That disorienting, unsettling, deeply uncomfortable sensation of praying earnestly and hearing nothing in return. You pour out your heart. You cry. You journal. You fast. You speak every scripture you know over the situation. You ask, you seek, … Read more
There is something profoundly sacred about the early hours of the morning. Before the noise of the world rushes in, before the demands of the day take hold of your attention, before your inbox fills and your to-do list starts screaming — there exists a quiet, holy window of time. A moment that belongs entirely … Read more
Do not be afraid, for I am with you. — Isaiah 41:10 Fear is one of the most universal human experiences. It visits us in the sleepless watches of the night, in the waiting room of a hospital, in the face of a collapsing relationship, a threatening diagnosis, an uncertain future. No person alive — … Read more
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God. — 1 Thessalonians 5:18 There is a quiet revolution that happens in the human heart when gratitude becomes not just an occasional feeling, but a deliberate, practiced posture of the soul. In the context of prayer — that sacred conversation between the finite and … Read more
There is a sentence that has stopped many people in their tracks, sometimes in the middle of a church service, sometimes in the quiet of a sleepless night: ‘I believe in God, but I just don’t think I’m good enough.’ Maybe you have said it yourself. Maybe you have heard it from a friend who … Read more