Invested Stories

What if there are two “Second Comings” of Jesus? Two second Advents? Now, before you tune me out, hear me out.

Our hearts were never created to shift from tragedy to tragedy, conflict to conflict repeatedly, multiple times a day; much less, multiple times a minute. It’s the emotional and spiritual equivalent of the Mount Saint Helens eruption in our hearts. But it never ends, and we never give our hearts and minds time to recover, heal, and process.

"Not by fine words." ... When was the last time you you encountered that in the church? Unfortunately I have to admit that I have not experienced a "demonstration of the Spirit's power" in the church the way Paul means in this passage.

If you are to keep the squatters from returning and destroying the house of your tov heart, it must be occupied. Jesus must dwell there.

It is impossible to coast to Jesus. To “come to him,” you must act on purpose. You must consciously exercise your will.

We’re all searching for something. Exactly what that something is depends on you.

God is the God of abundance. Why is it that we always seem to focus on our lack?