How many of us have been sent somewhere? Somewhere you don't necessarily want to go. Your parents tell you to take out the rubbish, your boss tells you to attend to a situation, your Grandma asks you to get some milk at the grocery store. All of these things can seem...well, like tasks. Things are …
The Sweetness of Surrender
Before my commitment to YWAM, I was living in Nashville, TN for several years. During my time in Nashville, God spoke to me a lot about dreaming with Him-and encouraged me to dream bigger with Him often. It was a beautiful season, and a time for those dreams to grow and develop. When God asked …
A Journey From Anxiety to Surrender
It is just one of those things that are hard to put into words. You can’t really make it sound pretty, fancy or put together because really it all seems like one big mess. It is just something that I find hard to write about but I’m going to give it my best shot because …
Community in the Midst of Reality
When I came to YWAM I was welcomed by an overwhelming embrace of Christian community. I was constantly surrounded by people who wanted to do bible studies, worship, pray, and discuss our day to day struggles as Christians. The relationships that I formed were like no other and the joy that I felt from being …
Survive and Thrive at College
“The average Christian does not realize that there is an intellectual war going on in the universities and in the professional journals and scholarly societies. Christianity is being attacked from all sides as irrational or outmoded, and millions of students, our future generation of leaders, have absorbed this viewpoint. This is a war which we …
Boldness in Hearing God’s Voice
It wasn’t until very recently that I knew that I could hear the voice of God. I was insecure in my ability to hear Him and unsure as to whether He was even speaking to me at all. Not super proud that this was such a recent struggle for me, to be honest— I’ve KINDA …
Will You Choose Worship?
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 This is one of those verses that we see posted and we think it sounds nice and looks pretty, but when we think about it, is this really how we live our …
Perfection is Overrated
Growing up, perfection was always the goal. The goal was not simply to be good, but perfect. Getting 100 on a test was worthy of praise, anything less was worthy of shame. The shame of these mistakes pushed me into a more passive lifestyle, if I don’t try so many things, then I won’t make …
Love Comes First
A few years ago, some church friends and I went to the mall to share the Gospel. When we arrived at the mall, a fear of evangelism crept up inside me. But I felt that I couldn’t run away scared or make excuses to leave because, well, I wasn’t ready to be that honest about …