The Most Effective Way To Crush The Devil In Your Life
Last week, I wrote a blog post about righteousness and the fact that you do not have to earn or maintain your righteousness. Righteousness comes by faith and cannot be earned by works. This week I am writing a post about how to fight the good fight of faith and maintain your belief that you are righteous before God. The good fight of faith The biggest battle that we will ever fight is not against Satan or demons or even other people. The enemy is already defeated and is not w
Why Your Righteousness Is Not Up For Grabs
As a warning, this post may stretch your perspective about the Gospel and what Jesus has done for you. I grew up in a traditional Presbyterian church where the "real Gospel" was taught as it was in scripture. The only problem is that it never bore fruit in my life. There was never a time that I felt truly at peace with God. I didn't know it at the time, but the Gospel was the very thing that is supposed to bring peace between God and people. Romans 5:1 says, "Therefore, since
The Way I Connect with God While Reading The Bible
If you're a Christian you've probably been told that you should be reading your Bible daily. You've probably been told that if you aren't, then you're missing out on what God is saying. All those things are true, but we don't read the Bible because of obligation or because we feel like we have to. We read the Bible because we want to connect to God in an intimate way. If you are reading the Bible because it's the right thing to do, or because it makes you more spiritual or ev
3 Truths About Love and Why It Is More Radical Than You May Think.
The idea of love has been used and abused in our culture to no end. It has come to the point that people have a hard time recognizing true love and even more, they have lost how radical love truly is. What is love? 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant. It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily a
How The Prosperity Gospel Misses The Mark and What It Gets Right
I grew up in a church that scoffed at people who subscribed to what they called the prosperity gospel. This gospel says that through Jesus you can and should expect blessings in your finances, health and every other area of your life. As I grew in Jesus, my perspective towards the prosperity gospel actually went through a shift towards what they preached. I was confronted with the fact that I believed that God wanted me to be poor and didn't care about my physical needs. This
Why You May Have A Hard Time Connecting with God
Your connection with God is the most important thing about you. Each and every day as you wake up God intends to meet you and live the entire day with you. It's in his nature to want to be with you. He even reveals one of his names as Emmanuel which means "God with Us". So why does it feel like its so hard to connect to him at times? The Problem is not on God's end. God doesn't pull away from you, reject you, or decide to distance himself for a season. God has sent the Holy S
Welcome to The Father's Heart Blog
My name is John and I am starting this blog as something of a creative outlet that I believe could help people. I am in a time in life where everyone around me seems to be pursuing something creative and I have been stuck with, well... things that aren't. Both my two younger brothers are musical people, but me, not so much. I believe that this is an outlet that will be able to help people, and will be able to scratch an itch that I've had to create something worth while. I wi
