"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

"But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God." – 2 Timothy 3:1...  Read More

"Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people." – 2 Timothy 3:5If you do not like what you are becoming, the world will tell you to change your behavior. Work harder. Try more. Fix yourself. But as a follower of Jesus, you know the truth. Behavior change is not the starting point. Belief is. If you want different results, you have to start with what you believe.Your...  Read More

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." – John 10:10In the middle of the Great Depression, a man named Mr. Yates was about to lose everything. His ranch in West Texas was struggling, his livestock were barely surviving, and the bank was on the verge of foreclosing on his land. He had nothing left.Then one day, a seismic crew knoc...  Read More