"For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation ...  Read More

"The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent." – Exodus 14:14You are not alone in what you are going through. Whatever battle you are facing, whatever weight you are carrying, Jesus is right there with you. And He is not just near. He is ready to rescue you.Years ago, when I was in college, I worked as a lifeguard at a camp. Part of my training was learning how to rescue someone dr...  Read More

"Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us." – Ephesians 3:20When you lay something down, you are not just giving something up. You are making space for something greater. God never asks you to surrender without having something better in store. He is not trying to take from you. He is trying to bless you with the immea...  Read More

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." – Proverbs 3:5-6Laying it down sounds good, but what does it really mean? It means you do not just lay things down before God. You lay them down in front of others too. That is where real freedom happens.One of the biggest reasons people strugg...  Read More

"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." – Matthew 11:28You have to lay it down. That weight you have been carrying. That struggle you keep fighting. That habit, that hurt, that cycle that keeps repeating. At some point, you have to stop running and surrender.At Celebrate Recovery, we give out chips. I have a lot of them, and I am not ashamed of that. But the firs...  Read More

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." – 2 Corinthians 5:17None of us are exempt from struggle. We are all in this battle together. The enemy loves to isolate you, making you believe that no one else is going through what you are facing. He whispers lies that you are the only one wrestling with that temptation, that sin, that p...  Read More