Restoring Hearts Blog

“The value you place on the word determines the power you receive from the word…unbelief will kill a prophecy.” Kris Vallotton Words spoken by others can have the power of life or death, just as Proverbs 18:21a states. Words, whether intentional or unintentional, can birth and infuse life, faith, and courage into us. They can also have the opposite effect and fill us with hopelessness and defeat, like a popped balloon being deflated. Gideon, in Judges chapter seven, overheard

“I may not be where I need to be but I thank God I am not where I used to be.” Joyce Meyer “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past” (Isaiah 43:18). “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead (Philippians 3:13). These Scriptures give us wise instruction. Usually when we look back at our past, the enemy uses it to condemn us, define us and immobilize us. Recently,

“God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.” Tim Keller God has given me such grace for this time of transition. I’m not in any rush to discover why He sent us to Wichita, or where we best fit for His purposes. There is a level of peace and contentment within that can only be His doing. And yet, while waiting to see what God has up His sleeve for me, I’ve seen His faithfulness to answer prayer and ful