Pour the oil of your life upon Jesus’ feet.

Our lives are like fragrance. Each one of our lives carry a certain essence. Whether we realize it or not, we give off a certain aroma through the way we live and the person we are. If we are prideful, our lives leave behind the stench of the flesh but if we are humble, we…

The Holy Spirit is crying out…

A call to pray in the Spirit. I hear the Lord calling us to truly pray. I know it’s hard for us to understand what prayer really means sometimes because the times we live in keep us focused on anything but prayer. It’s hard for us to even realize how little we pray or to…

Journals of abiding (10)

Abiding in sincerity God, you want me to be completely sincere with You. You know me and yet You require honesty on my part in my relationship with You. I realize just how much I lose when I allow any kind of impurity to come between me and You. The smallest compromise has the potential…

Journals of abiding (3)

Abiding in Christ God, I am unable to do anything of eternal value in my own strength. My best efforts are like a dirty rag compared to your righteousness. When I try to be like you in my own strength, I always fail. I will never be able to live in the fruit of the…

Character speaks loudest.

Who we are weighs more than what we say. Up until my early twenties, I leaned towards thinking that people and their words were knit together. It wasn’t because I didn’t struggle to live up to what I said but I had a sincere desire to allow God to empower me to live everything He…

The highest of praise.

Giving God the glory He deserves. God loves the praise of His people. Yet, there is a greater form of praising Him that goes beyond raising our hands and hearts as we sing. It’s a way of living. Did you know that we can actually glorify God with our lives by completely laying them on…