God wants you to be free from shame and guilt in order to release in you the glory of your destiny.

There is a difference between faith in God and our beliefs. If we question a certain belief, we often think our faith is wavering. In actuality, our faith is about trusting God in all situations and not about our questions or feelings. It isn’t our struggles that dictate faith, but it is our actions that show faith. Our faithfulness to God shows our faith in Him.

When Jesus tells the story of the rich man and Lazarus, he is speaking of the two great dilemmas of the human condition – poverty and self-indulgence. In a surprising twist, it is the self-indulgent who is condemned while the suffering Lazarus finds a home in heaven. As billions across the globe are suffering extreme poverty, many Americans, even Christians, are dangerously engaged in lives of self-indulgence.