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Read More Apr 11, 2018 The Battle is Won If you’re anything like me, you have high expectations for everything in your life and believe that things will always go ... If you’re anything like me, you have high expectations for everything in your life and believe that things will always go as planned… until you’re on a train in Jerusalem and you suddenly smell sulfur gas that police used to put out a riot right down the road from you. Crazy, right? Experiencing Israel and being where miracles took place and being where Jesus walked, really brings scripture to ...
Read More Mar 29, 2018 Emmanuel It's Thursday of Holy Week. I do not feel very holy. It's been a blur since Christmas to be honest. Christmas... man. That ... It's Thursday of Holy Week. I do not feel very holy. It's been a blur since Christmas to be honest. Christmas... man. That seems like a lifetime ago and then also, that seems like five minutes ago. I remember being surrounded by our precious worship team on stage and singing all together words like "what a beautiful name it is" and "come and see what God has done", which genuinely was ...
Read More Mar 23, 2018 Status Change I can already tell I'm going to get a lot of judgment for this post and I'm just owning that. I lost... ... I can already tell I'm going to get a lot of judgment for this post and I'm just owning that. I lost... my gold status... at Starbucks. If you know what I'm talking about you're asking panicked questions like, "Why would you ever let that happen?", "How COULD you!?", and "What will you even do now???". In truth, I know none of these answers. I just know that when I opened ...
Read More Mar 15, 2018 Under the Surface Dig Deeper - Part One I am straight country… right off the farm. I grew up in Saluda, SC on my dad’s farm ... Dig Deeper - Part One I am straight country… right off the farm. I grew up in Saluda, SC on my dad’s farm and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. There are so many things about growing up in the country on our farm that I absolutely loved… hunting, fishing, 4-wheelers, jacked-up trucks, tractor pulls and MUD. But, as much as I loved growing up in the country, there were also ...
Read More Jan 31, 2018 What Are You Advocating? Several years ago I was speaking on missions at a local church and in my research I came across a statistic ... Several years ago I was speaking on missions at a local church and in my research I came across a statistic that blew me away. Every 4 seconds poverty kills a child. Every... 4... seconds... I couldn't even begin to wrap my mind around it. Literally, the air caught in my chest and I just sat there staring at my laptop screen. It sounded unbelievable. I thought, as a whole, we ...
Read More Jan 24, 2018 Seven Steps to a New Life When we started Stevens Creek Church, Patty and I had a heart to reach people who were far from God. But ... When we started Stevens Creek Church, Patty and I had a heart to reach people who were far from God. But we didn't know how to do it. I had a doctorate in ministry, but couldn't figure out how to fulfill Jesus' calling on our life - to seek and save the lost! That's when we visited Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago and they introduced us to seven ...
Read More Jan 17, 2018 Waiting for Your Prayer to be Answer Waiting for anything in life is hard. We all want, what we want, when we want it. Can I get an ... Waiting for anything in life is hard. We all want, what we want, when we want it. Can I get an “amen”? From the time I was a little girl my deepest desire was to have a family to love. Of course I also thought it would be like one of the Hallmark Movies that most women love, where if there is conflict, it is resolved in 90 minutes and ...
Read More Jan 10, 2018 What is Faith? As believers, faith seems like something we would automatically understand. But often times this is the thing we just assume we ... As believers, faith seems like something we would automatically understand. But often times this is the thing we just assume we have a grasp on and sweep over. If you just hop on the internet for a scripture search for faith, one of the top responses you’ll get is Hebrews 11:1, which says, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” I memorized that ...

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