Posts with the category “calling”

True encouragement is not the same as empty affirmation. It is not telling people what they want to hear or smoothing over difficult truths to keep the peace. Biblical encouragement, what the New Testament calls paraklesis, the same root word used for the Holy Spirit Himself, is something far more substantive.  Read More

You and I hold the cure for what the world is suffering from. The question is simply whether we are hiding it or sharing it. Let conviction, not guilt, be the thing that moves us forward — because God has not entrusted us with the Gospel so we can keep it to ourselves. He has entrusted us with it so the world can know Him.  Read More

What does it truly mean to live for Christ? Not just to believe in Him, not just to attend church on Sundays, but to actually pour out every ounce of who we are for His kingdom? This isn't a question of religious duty or spiritual performance. It's an invitation into the most radical, fulfilling existence imaginable.  Read More

The magnitude of God's call matches the magnitude of who He is. And because He is with us, we can walk confidently into everything He's prepared for us to do. Not in our strength, but in His. Not for our glory, but for His. Not alone, but abiding in the vine, producing fruit that will last for generations and into eternity.  Read More