Oct
19
2009
Fear is the root of nearly every problem you face.
Think about it.
I’m in a relationship where I’m constantly fearing that I won’t be pretty enough for him. I worry that he’ll betray me for another woman. I withdraw. I question him constantly. I make accusations based on my perceptions. I become controlling. I push him away.
Fear. In some instances, the fear of betrayal (resulting in withdrawn love and control) may actually cause him to essentially betray me for someone whose love is not based on fear.
Tags: 1 John 4:18, afraid, fear, loss, love, rejection, relationships, root of every problem
Sep
27
2009
Daughter,
You were made to wear a crown.
Your smile radiates My beauty to the world.
Your hands reach out and bring healing to the broken.
Your arms embrace and fill the empty with My love.
Your eyes sparkle and draw people into a revelation of who I created them to be.
You are an open invitation to the world.
My children who don’t know Me will see you and long for Me.
Hold that head of yours high.
Walk fearlessly.
Talk confidently.
Tags: daddy, daughter, God, letter, letter from God, love, purpose
Jun
16
2009
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. -Jesus’ words to the Pharisees, Matthew 23:27
Because the name “Pharisee” sounds so old and out-dated and old-fashioned, I never thought much about the prospect of such people being alive today. Weren’t those the kind of people who wore long robes and tried to fulfill long lists of religious rules and regulations? I didn’t personally know anyone like that. Maybe those people existed in dusty old Catholic cathedrals, but I was charismatic. I had to be the furthest thing from a Pharisee. There was no tradition in my church. No list of rules to fulfill. We just loved Jesus and wanted to be like Him. What was Pharisaical about that?
Tags: God, hyprocrite, Jesus, love, Matthew 23:27, Pharisee, real love, whitewashed tombs full of dead men's bones
Feb
09
2009
I wonder what goes through God’s mind when He sees one of His kids mess up.
Tags: God, Jesus, learning to love, love, real love, sandbox
Feb
02
2009
God wants to teach me how to love. I thought I already knew how. I thought I’d sat through that lesson at least a hundred times. But He wasn’t looking at that. He was looking at how I live.
Tags: conviction, God's Word, Jesus, learning to love, love
Jan
25
2009
We all want to see and meet and know people who are real. Christians and non-Christians alike want to see people who say what they mean and mean what they say. We don’t have to look very far to find good teachers and preachers and leaders and experts who can tell us a great many things about anything we want to know. But I think what we want even more is to find leaders who live out that message they preach. We want to find leaders whose lives speak even louder than their words.
Tags: Christian leaders, God's love, Heidi Baker, lead, Leadership, learning to love, love
Dec
07
2008
I don’t think there’s anything worse than a Christian being saved and adopted by God as His dearly loved son or daughter, and yet living their lives enslaved by satan’s lies, carrying around an orphan’s heart. Below are 21 symptoms of an orphan heart, taken from a sermon I heard from my best friend’s church.
- Abandonment
- Rejection
- Loneliness
- Hopelessness
- Worthlessness
- Sadness
- Mistrust
- Hiding
- Superficiality
- Insecurity
- Hypersensitivity
- Fear
- Poverty
- Greed
- Manipulation
- Anger
- Selectivity
- Fantasy
- Perception
- Independence
- Striving
Tags: abandonment, God, healing, independance, Jesus, loneliness, love, orphan heart, rejection, Romans 8:15, striving, worthlessness
Nov
16
2008
“I watch my kids… and some of them are so rascally. If I were to watch them in the natural, I’d say they’re hopeless. I want to share about one. Some of you’ve seen him. If you’ve been to Mozambique, you’ve seen him. He stands out in a crowd because he takes more time than 200. His name is George. I just feel like talking about George because he’s messed up again. And George… well, he ran away nine times. And God would say things to me like, “Get on a plane, fly four hours, and go down there and find George.” I’d say, “Go down where?” He said, “I’ll tell you where when you get there.” George is challenging. He steals everything. He’s mentally challenged and he actually abused a little girl so none of the centers would take him. Even though I built the centers, none of them would take him. So… I had to build another center. I literally built another center for this kid. God says no one is impossible. And even George… God can love George. God can love the meanest, most challenging, most difficult people on the planet. He loves us! He loves us. And you can’t mess it up. He’s absolutely enthralled with who you are because you’re His. You’re His and you can’t mess it up… no matter how hard you try, you can’t mess it up. I can remember bringing George home. He messed it up so bad. And God would say, Pursue him. Just pursue him. Love him back to life. Some people would say to me, “You have 3,000 kids, what do you need George for?” Because he’s one of my sons. I don’t think God’s just looking for the pretty ones. I don’t think He’s just looking for the perfect ones, the ones who win the multitudes. He’s looking for each one of us because you’re so unique and so valuable that He can’t stand not to have you.”
-Heidi Baker at Dunamis Now! Conference 2005
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Tags: George, God, God never gives up, God pursues us, Heidi Baker, Jesus, love, prodigal son
