The Scriptures are my source of constancy. Every time i turn to them, I am renewed in my posture of waiting on God alone…When I see the unbroken pattern of Scripture, that God eventually reveals His salvation to those who endure, I am strengthened in hope. There is...
If we respond properly, distress can actually be a gift. Pain can provide tremendous impetus to pray- if we will allow it to catapult us into God’s face instead of polarizing us away from Him. One of the greatest challenges, in the place of hardship, is to suffer a...
Seasons not only break the monotony of sameness, they are necessary for productivity. Nothing can live in unbroken sunshine…Nonstop sunshine only creates a desert. We don’t enjoy storms, but they’re an essential part of a complete life, and the key to victory comes in...
I am so hungry for Him that every day I must be sustained by fresh manna from the word. If i don’t get my manna for the day, I get a little bit on the cranky side. When I share with others the manna that has nurtured me, it feeds them as well! In fact, I’ve discovered...
God never intended that we live off the secret life of our pastor; He wants us to uncover the life-giving thrill of feeding ourselves daily in His word. The more you labor in the word, the more adept you’ll become at gathering the daily portion that will satisfy your...
When you’re desperate for God, you become dependent upon the daily sustaining power of His word. Your source of survival is your daily manna- feeding on the word of God. It’s our hunger for the word that drives us into the secret place. When we are hungry spiritually,...
“Lord, make me desperate for You!” If you will cry out to Him from the depths of your heart, He will hear you…and He is able to craft an answer to that prayer that will produce a great cry of desperation within your soul. He knows how to make us hungry. When we enter...
Desperate people don’t struggle with the same distractions and hindrances as the general population…The normal hindrances of life don’t even faze a desperate one because of the single-focused intensity of the pursuit. When you begin to seek God with this kind of...
Desperation will turn you into a different person…Desperation produces tunnel vision. When you are made desperate for God, your pursuit of God takes on a different quality. When it’s personal survival that’s at stake, you begin to seek Jesus in a different way. You...
God feels much more deeply and passionately about me than I do about Him. Even when my passions are burning hot and bright for Him, they do not approach the intensity of His love for me. He waits for you to come to Him! He waits all night long, watching over you,...