Fear can be crippling.  Fear can bind you like invisible ropes keeping you back from your destiny.  Fear can be visible, seen, and obvious.  Or it can be subtle, unsuspecting, and unforgivingly relentless. I have to be honest….I had both kinds of fear.  In fact, I had not even known the extent of my fears until […]

I never thought I had any gifts.  I was shy, withdrawn, and when God talked about “the body of Christ” in scripture, I thought somehow He had missed me. I never felt like I belonged. I felt I had no purpose, except to “be good”..and, “do what other people told me to”. So, I taught Sunday […]

Sometimes there can be fear of revival.  Images of people falling over, helpless; a congregation wildly dancing around the sanctuary. I am not here to divide doctrine or debate theology; all I know is, that was so not the kind of revival I experienced. But with fear can be walls, walls put up to protect ourselves […]

Spurgeon so eloquently said, revival is, “to live again, to receive again a life which is almost expired; to rekindle into a flame the vital spark which was nearly extinguished.” He uses the example of a person who has drowned.  Imagine them, pulled out of the water, their vitals showing physical, mental, emotional unresponsiveness. Not moving, […]

Wimpy.  Such a strong word. Visions of Olive Oil, or Popeye…before the Spinach…comes to mind. If you don’t know who Popeye is, He was a pipe tooting sailor who would chug down a whole can of raw Spinach.  As a consequence, He was able to ward off Bluto, the burly rascal who was always trying to […]