Chrystie Cole

It Never Gets Old

Chrystie Cole — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:35:59 +0000

The more I hear it, the more I love it. The more I love it, the more it changes me. The more it changes me, the more I am freed by it. The more freed by it I am, the more empowered, emboldened, and humbled I am. This is the life-giving, glorious power of the [...]

New Beginnings

Chrystie Cole — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:11:36 +0000

What is it about a new year that is so exciting? As the old year draws to an end and a New Year approaches, there seems to be a renewed sense of hope in the air. A new year brings with it a fresh sense of vigor, expectation, promise, and resolve. A new year feels like a blank slate, like a do over, and that is refreshing to us. But why?

Sitting At The Feet Of Paul

Chrystie Cole — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:08:34 +0000

Proud unbelief. Two words that pack a powerful soul punch and a term I was unfamiliar with until a few years ago. Over a period of about two years, God began revealing to me my tendency to swing on the pendulum between arrogance and insecurity/fear, both of which are rooted in pride and unbelief. This revelation [...]

The Promise of Christmas

Chrystie Cole — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:30:14 +0000

I love the Christmas season – the decorations, the food, the giving (and receiving) of gifts, the music, the time spent with family and friends. It is just a special time of year. But a lot of what I love about Christmas has nothing to do with the reason we celebrate Christmas in the first [...]

Year In Review: Books Part 2

Chrystie Cole — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:00:37 +0000

“You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” - Paul Sweeney Monday, I reviewed the first five books I read in 2011 that greatly impacted me. Today, I have the final five, plus two other noteworthy books. All of [...]

Year In Review: Books Part 1

Chrystie Cole — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:31:17 +0000

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” - C.S. Lewis For as long as I can remember I have been a lover all things books. I was an only child until I was eleven and we did not live in a neighborhood with children, [...]

Of Course He’s Not Safe!

Chrystie Cole — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:17:56 +0000

The more I grow in knowledge of and in relationship with God, the more I find Him simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying. God’s revelation of Himself in the book of Job (chapters 38-41) leaves me trembling at His majesty and leads me to a place of reverent fear and awesome worship. And yet, His revelation of [...]

How Does God Speak To Us?

Chrystie Cole — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:00:58 +0000

Question: When we pray, we speak or think in real, concrete language. How does God reply to us if He doesn’t use an actual voice; how can we be sure a “still small voice” or something similar isn’t just our mind making up what we desperately want God to say? Communicating with God through prayer [...]

141,912,000 Breaths Praising His Name

Chrystie Cole — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:02:48 +0000

Fifteen years ago. It seems like a lifetime. Two very different lives, two very different women. Crammed into one body, one lifetime. The first woman had no need for God. No desire. No love. In fact, she despised Him, everything that represented Him, and anyone who identified with Him. Her life was savage. Animalistic. Driven [...]

The Prayer of Faith

Chrystie Cole — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:33:36 +0000

Question: James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. What other Scriptures tie in well with this and how should we practice it? – Gavin H, Greer SC This is [...]