Mindset Mondays: Hanging Out in the Wilderness

Are you still hanging out in the Wilderness,  the place of punishment? After the ten spies came back and gave a bad report,  God gave them 40 years of wandering in the wilderness until all the men 20 years old and older were dead. He gave them one year of punishment for each day they spied out the land. Numbers 14:34 – According to the number of days in which you spied out the land [of Canaan], forty days, for each day, you shall bear and suffer a year for your sins and guilt, for forty years, and you shall know My displeasure [the Read More

Next Time: Be Intentional

Next time. How often do you hear people say, ‘We will do it next time, or we will get it next time’? ‘Next time’ will continue to be the same unless you intentionally make plans to do something differently. God gives each of us 24 hours every day to accomplish His plans and purposes in the earth. What we do with those hours determines our ‘Next time‘. If all of your ‘Next time (s)’ are the same as your last, it’s time to make some changes. Stop playing the same song and find something new. If you want something you Read More

Thirsty!: Come and Drink

Thirsty is an interesting word. It has so many meanings, from needing a drink to being eager. I was reading something today that reminded me to drink more water. Then I started thinking about how thirst can cause our minds and bodies to fail. The same is true in a spiritual sense. If we do not quench our spiritual thirst, we will never experience the life of purpose that God planned for us. What a wasted life! John 7:37 tells us that Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice], “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me Read More

Holy Spirit: Strategist

For my final Holy Spirit post in the month of January, I want to introduce the Holy Spirit as a strategist. He was present at creation, hovering (strategically planning and thinking) over the face of the deep; He strategized how to spread the gospel by sending Paul, Peter, and others out to different cities and forbidding them from going to other places, and He sent Philip to preach the good news to an Ethiopian eunuch and then transported him away. As you spend time with the Holy Spirit, ask Him to give you strategies for your life as well as Read More