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4 Healthy Ways of Relating to Jesus

I’ve found, in my life, there are 4 ways of relating to Jesus. Although I’ve worked through different ones at different times in my life, I think it’s healthy to have all 4 active at once, to one degree or another. My regular readers know that, while, yes, I acknowledge good theology is important of […]

Why Obedience Is Not the Point

I recently saw a Christian podcast episode titled “Our Job Is Obedience, God’s Job Is Everything Else.” It’s from a very reputable Christian ministry that I have a lot of respect for and I really like. And the episode was actually good and helpful, about doing what God’s called you to do without taking responsibility […]

The 4 Questions God Asks Us

We so often come to God asking questions, looking for answers. And that’s a smart thing to do. He has them. We need his answers, his strategies, his perspective. A heavenly paradigm shift from God changes everything. But what about when God comes to us for answers? What?!? God knows everything!  Yes, he does. But […]

A Practical Example: How I Partner with God

Here is an example of how I partner with God in a simple, everyday thing. It’s not anything earth-shattering or heavy-revy. But it’s making a huge difference in my life. And there’s a big takeaway here that I pray you find useful in your own life. How I Partner with God for My Daily Wakeup […]

How to Move from Either/Or to Both/And

Sometimes we get in our own way, and limit what God wants to do in our lives by either/or thinking. But making the paradigm shift to both/and thinking is often the most powerful enabling shift we can make. That changes everything. A Real-Life Example In one of my recent webinars about hearing God, a participant […]

How to Hear God Better by Showing Up Differently

Many of us have trouble hearing God because we’re showing up wrong. We’ve got the wrong paradigm, and it’s interfering with (1) how well we hear God, and (2) our intimacy with him in general. Because we’re showing up to the wrong meeting. Too often, we show up trying to hear God like it’s a […]