The Eyes of My Heart

Journals of abiding (1)

Let these words that the Holy Spirit inspired me to write become yours. Let Him work powerfully in your life as you abide in Him! Abiding in the Word Not my feelings Lord, but what the Word says. Let Your words color my entire existence. Let it bud in every area of my life. When…

Our true identity.

Allowing the Word to shape who we are. I used to read the Bible with the mindset that I needed to strive for the things I was reading about. It was always something that was out there, something that I might walk into in the future. Did you know that the New Testament shows us…

Lay it all down.

There is rest for you at the cross. You never carry your burdens alone. Christ had already carried them on the cross! He knows how heavy they are and He cares. He wants you to lay them all down today. You are not meant to carry them in your strength but to lay them all…

The immeasurable power of faith.

Resurrection can be your daily reality. When Easter celebration is over and everyone goes back to everyday life, it’s important to realize that the miracle of resurrection is never over. God is working resurrection in our spirits every day, and as long as we trust that He had resurrected Christ in order that we might…

Trusting God when it doesn’t make sense.

The secret to victory is relying on God, not ourselves. For the Christian, battles are unavoidable. Though we sometimes feel as if the battle is our fault and that we shouldn’t even have to fight, being engaged in a spiritual war is the indicator that our Christianity is working. Satan fights against God and those…

Called to serve others, not ourselves.

Taking an honest look at humility in our times. Humility has never been easy. As humans, we have a natural inclination toward selfishness. We do not need to be taught how to be selfish because it comes naturally for us. Humility, on the other hand, takes sincere submission to God and a powerful enabling of…