by Carey Green | Jan 11, 2018 | Discipleship, Prayer, Spiritual Growth Tools
And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” ~ Matthew 17:17 ESV Jesus makes this comment in view of His disciples’ inability to help a man who’s...
by Carey Green | May 16, 2017 | Discipleship, Jesus, Life
I can say all kinds of things about my abilities, but the only thing that proves it is when I do what I say. Right? In this passage, Jesus said He could do something that is impossible to see – forgive sin. How can THAT be proven in an objective way, a way that...
by Carey Green | May 9, 2017 | Discipleship, Jesus, Life
This might be the weirdest verse in the whole Bible. Here’s the story: Jesus just freed two wild men from demonic oppression. The demons left the men and inhabited a herd of pigs, which then went crazy (whatever pig-crazy looks like) and drown themselves in a...
by Carey Green | May 2, 2017 | Discipleship, Jesus, Life
There are things in the world I hate. Yes, HATE. False accusations. Slander. Starvation. Ignorance. Disease. Abuse of Power. Manipulation. Terrorism. Lies. Inwardly, I rage against the wrong in the world. And inwardly I know I am ultimately helpless to stop it. Do you...
by Carey Green | Apr 25, 2017 | Discipleship, Jesus, Life
What exactly IS fear? Jesus says it is lack of faith. ☆ Fear focuses on circumstances. Faith focuses on the reality of God IN the circumstance. That’s the key. Can I ask you to keep reading so I an explain? It won’t take long, I promise. 🙂 God –...
by Carey Green | Apr 18, 2017 | Discipleship, Jesus, Life
One of the hardest mindset shifts I’ve ever had to make has crept into my life over the past 3 years. I USED TO think along the line of what we often hear in our culture. “You need to find your calling and pursue it.” Living according to that...