Monday // Surrender :: Confess
Title: Jesus is our leader Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. – James 5:16 The most essential confession anyone can make is to confess with your mouth that Jesus is the Leader of […]
Monday // Surrender :: Idols
Title: Could an idol be anything? Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 What exactly is an “idol”? Is it an image carved out of wood or stone that people bow down to and worship? Could an idol be something more? Like work, sports, family, or even […]
Monday // Surrender :: Idols
Title: What’s your idol? Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 Every man should take a few minutes to read through the entire chapter from Isaiah 44. Here’s a sample: “All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Who shapes a god […]
Monday // Surrender :: Pride
Title: The Love Chapter Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 1 Corinthians 13 is often referred to as “the love chapter.” It details what real love is all about and gives us a picture of what life should be like when we genuinely practice loving another person. Verse 4 […]
Monday // Surrender :: Control
Title: Final Authority Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; – Proverbs 3:5 After His crucifixion and resurrection, just before Jesus ascends into heaven, He reminds us that “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me” (Matthew 28:18). Not just some authority, but […]
Mon // Surrender:: Confess
Title: Spiritual Healing Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. – James 5:16 Spiritual healing comes through the confession of sin! When we take the time to confess our sins to one another and […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: Don’t Forget Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 When things are going great, we tend to forget about God, right? We get to a place where we think we can handle life independently; we do an adequate job managing our lives. Why do we need God’s help anyway? […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Worth pursuing. Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; – Proverbs 3:5 If we truly trust God with our lives, we can completely surrender our worries, anxieties, fears, and concerns to Him through prayer. If we say that we trust Him as our Lord and Savior, it […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Watch Him Work Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. – Matthew 6:34 When we surrender complete control of our lives to Jesus, we stop worrying because we learn to take the Bible at face value. Scripture is very clear: God is in […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: Not the Center Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 NIV When I was a teenager and started getting “a little too big for my britches,” my mom used to remind me about the truth of Proverbs 16:18. “Pride comes before the fall,” she would say. And those words […]