Month: September 2015

One of the biggest challenges in our Christian life is to actually believe what God says. We read many wonderful and mysterious truths in God’s Word, and we tell ourselves that we believe them, but often our heart does not really believe. He wants us to believe what He says so that he can change us and make us one with Him. If we don’t believe the spiritual truths He is trying to teach us, then his river of life can’t flow freely through us. Unbelief places a dam on his river of life. But knowing this problem still doesn’t purge our unbelief. He says that He loves us, but often we wonder. He says He is always with us, but we so easily believe that He is off in the distance. So we will find as we follow Jesus that we are partially “unbelieving believers”. But He does not Continue Reading →

As we progress in the Christian life, we begin to notice certain sinful areas of our life that we can’t seem to conquer. We all have our own weaknesses and no matter how hard we try, we continue to fail. We may be able to control our surface behavior, but inside we still feel the impulse to sin. Earlier in our Christian life, we were able to overcome many of our sins just by actively resisting temptation and receiving God’s strength through the five channels of growth. But now we are starting to realize that our sins are powered by deep desires, attitudes, and beliefs that we can’t control or change. And our own special areas of weakness are constantly reminding us of this. They are like a spotlight on our old nature. Rejoice! Now we are discovering the end of ourself. We have come to the end of the Continue Reading →