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The Best Is Yet to Be

“The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,” says the Lord of hosts. “And in this place I will give peace,” says the Lord of hosts. ...

Jesus: Life with Joy and Abundance

I have a sketch of Jesus laughing. It hangs on the wall across from my desk. It’s quite a drawing. His head is back. His mouth is open. His eyes ...

Break Me

And when [Jesus] had given thanks, He broke [the bread] and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” — 1 Corinthians 11:24Years ...

Capturing Your Courage

Video surgeries make me squirm. Normally, a close-up shot of a scalpel has me groping for the remote. But today I pulled the covers close to my face and watched ...

The Perfect Playbook

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. — Psalm 119:105Have you ever played that party game that starts with a phrase whispered from person ...

Relational Intelligence: Evaluation

Fruit InspectionEvery good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every ...

Bring Me Your Weakness

Bring Me your weakness, and receive My Peace. Accept yourself and your circumstances just as they are, remembering that I am sovereign over everything. Do not wear yourself out with ...

The Fruit of the Spirit: Peace

Overcoming Anxiety and Conflict Moving from volcano and earthquake country to tornado country required my (Wayde) family to adjust our thinking. In Seattle we frequently heard predictions of what would ...

Please Forgive Me

First go and be reconciled with your brother; then come and offer your gift. — Matthew 5:24At a church potluck awhile ago, older parishioners were asked to share childhood memories ...

Scrubbed Clean

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean. — Ezekiel 36:25 KJVMy Maggie is an artist; she likes to draw. Being the exuberant soul she ...

When Little Children Get in the Way

Say Hello to My Little Friend If anyone causes one of these little ones— those who believe in Me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large ...

Your Words Matter

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of ...

Doin’ the Stuff

When I first met John Wimber, I was nineteen. I had been a believer for about five years, but I had virtually no understanding of the concept that I could ...

How to Overcome Temptation

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — Matthew 4:1After His baptism but before He began His public ministry, Jesus ...

Comparison Distorts

A couple of years ago, I was asked to speak at a local outlet of a national conference. I gave a short talk on the civic engagement of millennial women ...

The God Who Heals

I am a God who heals. I heal broken bodies, broken minds, broken hearts, broken lives, and broken relationships. My very Presence has immense healing powers. You cannot live close ...

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