Sickness Has Nothing On Me!

I want you to know I've won.  To be more accurate, Christ has won and I am happily joined together with Him in victory!

The Bible says Christ paid the ultimate and final price to redeem us from sickness and death, that by His stripes I am healed, and that the very Spirit of God that raised Christ from the dead lives in ME.  I believe this and confess it over my life continually.  There has been countless times this past year when others have been sick, I have felt it try to latch on me, and I have simply refused to get sick, choosing to stand in faith that I am healed. 

Why am I sharing this?  Because I am in bed with the flu.  Why?  What happened to my faith?  Let me tell you something - sickness HAS NOT WON in my life.  CHRIST HAS WON.  The number of battles we face with the brokenness and decay of humanity can't be counted, and also true that the battles I've had victory in are too numerous to forget.  I REMEMBER them.  When one skirmish seems lost, I don't focus on this.  I don't believe I have lost any ground.  I don't rehearse that "I am sick".  I continue to declare my victory in Christ.  Nothing can take that from me.  Even when my last breath is drawn on this earth, I will continue to live in Christ, and one day, one glorious day, my body will be resurrected to life forever in perfect health with Him.

So right now, I'm going to take the rest my body needs, and I'm going to rejoice in the good things God has got going on.  And you?  The same victory is yours if you'll believe.  :)

Living Beyond Wishful Thinking

Living on wishful thinking is so darn unsatisfying!  Hope deferred makes the heart sick.  True hope is confident of it's fulfillment when it intersects with faith.

“God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promised could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This is hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.” Hebrews 6:17-19


• Faith is confidence that God is who He says He is and that He will do what He says He will do.

• Hope lies before us, not behind us. Keep looking forward! Navel-gazing and digging through the past sets us adrift, makes us wobbly, and insecure.

• Our hope is an anchor for our souls, and Christ is that hope. When we are anchored in Him, we have faith (see above definition), when our hope is Him, we have faith.

• Hope without faith in Christ is just wishful thinking. False hope.

When I have faith in God and what He has promised, then I can lean forward in hope, lean forward in life, knowing that my hope is securely fastened to One who does not lie, who is unchangeable. Faith produces a hope that will not be disappointed! This gives me a massive boldness to continue, to press forward, to persevere, to not grow weary.

So, I read His promises; I find out what He has to say for my life; I believe; I apply them; I keep applying them. One thing I’ve learned: the practice of applying His promises grows my faith and confidence like nothing else. You can start with one promise – find one that speaks into your life right now and give it a go!

Lean forward today, press into the hope you have in Christ – have faith – and start living your best life!