I am most free when I am bound to Him.

Nothing is a threat to the will of God.Hundreds of scriptures speak the truth of His sovereignty.My current favorite is Ps.138:8: "The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me." He will fulfill it. HE will. My assignment is to follow Him as closely as I can. Walking with Him, I will certainly find myself closer to Him, which is what matters.Additionally, I'm guaranteed to run into His plans for

#5 Things I Love

#5: D-GroupI know myself well enough to know that I will choose sin if I don't have people around me who also know my weak spots and who will refuse to let me yield to them. I also know humanity enough to know that we're all built like that. One of the best pieces of advice my mentor ever gave me was: "Beware anyone who avoids accountability." It sounds similar to Solomon's advice in Proverbs

The Ten.

Weathering fallen hopes and unexpected failures will train your heart to hide in corners and shadows. Or to shroud itself in anything impenetrable to prevent another breach of your pain threshold. Time--if you're not careful--will teach your heart to fear. At least, that's what mine learned. Last year, God told me that He wanted to teach me this instead. Each day I reminded myself: Put your hope