For just a moment … I don’t want to ask questions I don’t want to know what to do I don’t want to ask you to do anything I just want to be … with you I just want to breathe I just want to breathe you in For just a moment … I … More For Just a Moment …
Therefore I am now going to allure her … The invitation was unmistakable. The call to come away with him. He was wooing me. Pursing me. Calling me deeper. Calling me to follow him wherever he led … I will lead her into the wilderness … What? Didn’t I answer the call? Didn’t I leave everything … More Learning to Lean
“Lord, I just don’t get it!” It had been a bad week. A really bad week. There had been challenging circumstances, to be sure, but honestly it wasn’t that kind of bad week. It was a bad week between my ears. It was a bad week in my thoughts. It was a bad week in my … More Getting It
I was on the run and plopped down quickly to excitedly share “my” plans for the day with the Lord. Deep down I knew I wasn’t doing what I really ought to be doing that particular day, but I thought as long as I checked in and shared my plans with Jesus everything would be okay. … More Better Than Just Okay
In case you haven’t noticed, there is a lot of ugliness in this world. It’s not hard to spot. Darkness lurks all around us, all the time. Hiding in the shadows–ready to pounce; ready to devour; ready to enshroud and ensnare souls with hopelessness. It would be easy to become overwhelmed by the darkness; by the ugliness. But … More Beautiful One
“What do you want me to do, Lord?” I don’t want you to do anything I want you to be I want you to be still I want you to be still and know … I am God But what about all the needs out there? What about being willing to take risks? What about stepping … More What Do You Want Me to Do?
Shhh … What do you hear? When the smartphone is put away. When the computer is shut down. When the television and the iPod are silent. What do you hear? Do you hear him? Shhh … What do you hear? When the props are gone. When the distractions fade. When everyone and everything else slips into the … More Shhh …
I don’t need … —another great sermon or a good book —a divine appointment or an important connection —a word of encouragement or exhortation I don’t need to visit … —a significant or sentimental place from the past —an anointed conference —a church or a prayer room I’m not looking for … More What I (Really) Need
It was like a scene out of a fairytale. Finally, my prince had come. But this was no ordinary prince, this was the Prince of Peace. Hand-in-hand we walked through a beautiful, lush garden, up to a magnificent arched entry. Before we reached the ornate double doors, they opened before us. With my trembling hand still … More His Reward
After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here …” –Revelation 4:1 There is a door standing open in heaven. “Come up here!” The invitation has been issued. The way has been made. … More The Open Door
Look at me. I wanted to. I needed to. But I couldn’t. Instead, both my gaze and my heart remained downcast. He persisted. Look at me. I tried, I really did. But I couldn’t quite will myself to look up. So I did what I should have done much earlier that morning–I cried out to him. “Help me, … More His Eyes
Been asking a lot of questions this week. Don’t have a lot of answers–just questions … Brian Johnson has a song called “What Does it Sound Like?” The lyrics are simple: What does it sound like when we sing heaven’s songs? What does it feel like when heaven comes down? What does it look like … More What Will it Sound Like?
I have this rocking chair in the corner of my bedroom that I have affectionately called “the prayer chair” for years. I have quite a history in that chair. In fact, I’m pretty convinced that history itself has been changed from that chair. But it’s been empty a lot the last couple of years. I’ve been in … More A Prayer Chair Epiphany
Just some “free flow” thoughts I began to jot down as I was sitting with him this morning. Not polished. Zero literary merit as a poem – just thoughts from my heart mostly as they came… There are things only I can give So it’s what I want to bring My heart My love My … More The Things Only I Can Give
I’m sitting at my keyboard compelled to communicate, yet feeling like I have absolutely nothing to say. Nothing of merit at any rate. Nothing terribly encouraging. Nothing worth noting. Nothing worth stopping your day to read. I could complain. I have, actually. Far, far too often in recent weeks. But it doesn’t do any good. … More Trusting God in the Silence
“I am loved and I am a lover, this is my vision, this is life’s all.” I saw this as someone’s Facebook status yesterday and it hit my heart with force. I’ve heard Mike Bickle teach this same concept many times in the past. If it can be said of us that we truly know the … More I Am Loved and I Am a Lover
I’ve been meditating on the “psalms of ascent” a lot lately (Psalms 120-134) – and these past few days in the prayer room at IHOP, I’ve particularly been parked on Psalms 130 and 131 – especially Psalm 131:2 “But I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like a … More My Soul Waits
My brain kicks into overdrive far too often. I have a tendency, at least at times, to think too much. Lately, I have had so much churning around in my mind and heart. After pondering so much for so long, there is so much I want to get out of my head and onto paper. … More The Comfort of Simplicity
I don’t remember when I first used the expression “kisses of grace” but it has become a regular part of my vocabulary. Even better, His “kisses” have become a regular part of my life! This past weekend was especially filled with sweet kisses. I was away at a retreat in a place that held a lot … More Kisses of Grace
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