I feel guilty because I don’t witness to others.
Very few Christians actually win the lost. In fact, the majority have never won anyone to Jesus. Most of those who do win the lost are new converts who are excited about the new life they have found in Christ. Therein lies the answer. People talk about that which they...
I get so frustrated with people who just won’t do right! How can I help them?
One of the greatest misconceptions of ministry is that we need to get people “right.” When that’s our goal we tend to think we need to show them how wrong they are so they’ll recognize the need to get right! So many people mistakenly believe the old saying, “You’ve...
I’m struggling to get right, but it’s such a battle! I have no peace!
Righteousness is a gift that begins on the inside and works its way outward affecting the way we think, feel, make decisions and behave. Sadly, most believe that one day they’ll “get right” and God will reward them with peace. If I focus my beliefs and attention on...
What was the most difficult part of your past to overcome?
The most difficult part of my past to overcome was self-sabotage! Before I got saved and for a time after, I sabotaged my life, relationships and personal success. The reason this is so hard to overcome is because you don’t see it; consciously you don’t even believe...
Sometimes I just want to hurt or even kill those who hurt me!
My first and earliest emotions were hatred and murder. I constantly imagined ways to kill my father and my stepfather. No one around me knew the deep levels of hatred and anger I carried that caused me to be violent and unkind to people who didn’t deserve it. It stole...
When I was first saved I was much more merciful than I am now. Why?
When first saved our realization of mercy is fresh and this awareness influences everything we do and think. Then, like the children of Israel, we forget where we were when God delivered us; our life gets cleaned up and our awareness of God’s mercy becomes a distant...
How did you get over the pain of your childhood?
Jesus made an incredible statement: He who is forgiven much loves much. You can’t know that you are forgiven much if you’ve never been honest with yourself about the depths of your sin. My sins were so flagrant and obvious I couldn’t deny them. Maybe yours weren’t!...
My childhood was nothing compared to yours, so why does it still affect me so deeply?
When I was a young pastor I sometimes struggled with people who felt they had been traumatized in their childhood by an offense I considered so minute I couldn’t imagine why it would bother them. I finally came to realize that I had a twinge of self-righteousness when...
I read the Scripture “what would you trade for your soul?” What is that talking about?
If you know much about music you’ve heard stories about the old bluesmen who sold their soul to the devil in exchange for fame. But very few will ever make a deal with the devil to sell their soul; instead, we tend to trade our soul (emotional wholeness) one...
Sometimes I can still hear the horrible things that people from my past said to me.
Proverbs says, The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, But the mouth of the upright will deliver them. Wicked, destructive words that have been spoken to us can go into our being and become part of our cellular memory. Once that happens they are with us for...