These radical lovers of God live with their hearts set on the prize of knowing Jesus and joining Him in His divine exploits of supernatural courage, power and extravagant love. Because they live for an audience of One, the vast majority of their exploits are not played out on a stage, recorded on video or written in a book. These saints would never

And perhaps the greatest cost is seen in the realm of relationships. Simply put, people who do not know how to sacrifice do not know how to love. They will never know the depths of human fellowship the way those veterans in that VA clinic’s waiting room know it. In the words of Christ, only he who lays his life down for his friends knows such great

One of the central themes that began to emerge in my early years in Weaverville was the importance of obedience, of listening to the Lord’s voice at all costs and knowing that what happens in the end is not my responsibility. Rather, it is my responsibility to obey and to let Him take care of the details. As

Through the simple assignment of giving milk to babies, God has been teaching my friends and me to build our lives in the realm of faith where we cannot simply hope for miracles, we must count on them. It is a life-or-death kind of faith.

One of the primary goals of this training is to help us align our desires and expectations with God’s desires and expectations for us and let Him define our successes, failures and assignments. It is only by embracing our Father’s goals and expectations that we run the race to win, for He designed the racecourse in the first place.

with spouses and family members and living with freedom and joy such as they had never known. For me, one of the main themes of this season was learning to live in the freedom of being a daughter who, like Christ, was responsible simply to see and hear what the Father was doing and join Him at His invitation—no more, no less. I was not to be

You were worth Jesus’ obedience, and He is worth yours. He really did it all for you. His love for you is deeper and more personal than the most devoted mother for her baby; more than the most passionate lover for his beloved. When such love overtakes your life, it leaves no contenders. And the surest way to be overtaken by His love is to pursue

Do not get me wrong—I do not flippantly wander into dangerous situations or war zones just for kicks. I just know that when God speaks to me, He is going to fulfill His word. Everything about God is supernatural, so walking with Him inevitably launches us into a supernatural lifestyle. And I know that if I go where He sends me, it is always going

demonstrates that true passion requires us to choose one goal above all others. Passion may have many manifestations, but it must maintain a narrow focus to capture its divine purpose. When conflict arises between our desires, we must prioritize our passions or we will find ourselves paralyzed by indecision. Thankfully, as Judy’s story shows, God’s