Category archive: Christian Living
Good Sleep and Hearing From God
The correlations between getting good sleep and hearing from God are surprising. In the Bible God spoke the most often to people while they were asleep, whether through dreams or through night visions. Here are a few of those correlations… Keys for Good Sleep 1. A safe, comfortable place For starters, if you want good sleep then…
Determining Someone’s Worth
In the movie “The Martian” Matt Damon is left stranded on the planet Mars with his fellow astronauts believing he had passed away from a bad storm. Later they discover he is still alive and a huge rescue mission is put in motion in order to bring him home. Billions of dollars and the focus and…
Overcoming Lustful Dreams and Nightmares
Did you know you have the power to control yourself in your dreams? I was shocked to hear this testimony when I was in college from George Verwer who used to struggle greatly with lust and with sexual dreams. Through his meditation of the Word, claiming His identity in Christ, and prayer, he was soon not…
Love and Burdens
One of the greatest struggles for our Oak Tree Project students (and all orphans for that matter) is understanding the difference between actions done out of love and actions done solely out of responsibility. They see a lot of the social workers at the orphanages working solely out of responsibility and the kids often notice…
Types of Attraction in Relationships
There are three key areas a person can be attracted to another: the physical, the emotional, and the spiritual. The media has chosen to emphasize the first area more and more. But it needs to be asked: Which of these areas endures over time? And which of the areas can love increase and deepen? The truth…
Waging War
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist” (a quote from one of my favorite movies, The Usual Suspects). Sadly, many Christians have fallen for this trick and live life completely in the physical realm. When things go bad, many Christians either try to handle it all on their own in…
Great Books to Read…
The following are books that I highly recommend. Most of my favorite books are biographies/autobiographies. Out of the many books I have read, these have remained my favorites… Only Love Can Make a Miracle – Mahesh Chavda (Don’t judge this one by the cover, this is a powerful book!) The Cross and the Switchblade –…
Defined by the Soul
For many generations humans judged each other mostly by the physical: their race and their gender. For many centuries even religion was mainly divided among nationalities (Europeans were Christian/Catholic, Arabs were Islamic, Indians were Hindu, etc). What type of body you were born with (male, female, black, white, etc) would have a huge impact on what your…
The Need to Be Strong
Whenever I visit my children’s home, especially after being away for a long period, there can be a temptation to brace myself for the kids being distant or cold toward me. There can also be a selfish, insecure desire in me for the kids to be happy to see me and run to me. But what…
Love That Hurts
Have you ever loved someone to the point that it hurts? Have you ever loved someone who doesn’t return the love to you in the same way to the point it hurts? That is the true test of love. Whenever I discipline kids at the orphanage I have to communicate to them that I discipline…