God doesn’t move on
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. – Deuteronomy 6:5 You can’t love someone without first letting them in, all the way. Too often we keep people at arm’s length as a way to protect ourselves from pain and disappointment. “If they really […]
Not the cheap stuff
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. – Hebrews 4:12 High octane jet fuel. We aren’t talking about the cheap stuff. The Word of God fuels us like nothing […]
Fancy clothes and long prayers
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Matthew 23:12 Did you notice? Jesus is prophesying here. In this passage, Jesus is talking about the teachers and Pharisees. How they like to be important and have respect. Jesus reminds people to listen to him and not the […]
An opportunity to encourage
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today” – Hebrews 3:13a You have an opportunity to encourage someone today. Don’t waste it. It’s so easy to put off an encouraging phone call and wait till we see them. We think, “I’ll see them soon…right?” Maybe someone is coming to mind and you […]
Real Men are living sacrifices
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1 Sacrifice was common place in first century Jewish culture and it was done as an act of worship. God invited his people […]
He lost everything
Till I die, I will not deny my integrity. – Job 27:5b I hope you aren’t having a day like Job. His story was crazy. If you didn’t know it, he lost everything; his wealth, his family, and even his health. He had a few friends left, but they accused him of bringing his problems […]
He asks us to give him everything
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. – Deuteronomy 6:5 You can’t love someone without first letting them in. All the way. Too often we keep people at arm’s length as a way to protect ourselves from pain and disappointment. “If they really […]
“…a new accent. Eh?”
Wed // Grit : Character Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33 We don’t like to admit, but the more time we spend with someone, the more we act like them. Sort of like spending a week in Canada and coming back with a new accent. Eh? We were made […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; – Proverbs 3:5 I was in an unfamiliar grocery store looking for the coffee. Usually it’s somewhere close to the cereal and other breakfast stuff, but it just wasn’t there. I must have taken five or six laps around the […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b In the movie Glory, an enlisted man is promoted to an officer’s position. As the Colonel pinned on his stripes, the enlisted man looks to the colonel and says, “I’m not sure I want […]