• Things will TRY and stop you. Go! • It won’t always be FAIR. Go! • Sometimes you’ll be TIRED. Go! • People will TALK about you. Go! • You’ll wonder if it’s WORTH it. Go! • The mountain will seem HIGH. Go! • It COSTS a lot. Go! • Friends want to stay BEHIND. […]

I was swimming about 80 feet below the surface of the ocean and marveling at all the UNBELIEVABLE “Alice in Wonderland like” things that God created. It’s one of my FAVORITE places on the planet to be!!! I don’t get to do it very often, so you’d THINK I would relish the moment. Instead…I Got […]

People are always looking for PERSONAL encouragement from God. They want a “WORD”, a special impression on their heart, or a passage in the Bible that JUMPS off the page. And somehow, when we see someone else get that, we think they must be SPECIAL, BETTER, FAVORED or more SPIRITUAL. We tend to wonder, “How […]

The other morning, I was sitting on my couch reading these verses in Jeremiah 13, when I realized it was really about what BLOCKS our dreams. God wants DESPERATELY to use each and every one of us in the role, destiny, plan and DREAM that He has for us. Sadly, it’s the same thing that […]

Those are two words that can lead our minds to an array of confusing and diametrically OPPOSED thoughts…all in one moment. • I AM going to live my dreams! (But I’m not sure I can even live with what I have NOW.) • I AM ready to take on the world and do something new […]