Take the place of God
Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 An idol is an image or object that can take the place of God. Idols can be every day things that we have and use that take the place of God. What idols do you have that distracts you […]
Give to God what is His
Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. – Romans 12:1b What is the sacrifice you need to make to worship? Is it a few minutes at the beginning of your day? Is it turning off the music and praying on your way to […]
Failure happens
Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c How many times have you failed at something and you stopped at that failure? What if you stuck through that failure and kept fighting? We can often learn great things through failure. Failure happens, in fact for many people failure is […]
Committed
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this… – Psalm 37:5 Commitment is one of the more rare characteristics with people in this day and age. It seems easier to find people who are flakey and uncommitted then it is to find committed people. Imagine if Jesus were uncommitted […]
Men pray
Pray continually… – 1 Thessalonians 5:17 There I was on the side of the road feeling helpless, because I neglected to respond to the bright light on my dash that was telling me to refuel. It was hopefully the first and last time I run out of gas. Without gas in a car its a […]
Wishy washy
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. – 1 Corinthians 15:58 Wishy washy…we all know what it looks like. Someone who doesn’t commit to what they believe […]
Bonhoeffer had courage
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. – Ephesians 6:11 Dietrich Bonhoffer was a German Pastor who was known for his outspoken feelings on Hitler and Nazi Germany. Bonhoeffer had courage because he stood up for something he believed in which, because of his […]
Say what you have committed out loud
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 I once heard that we started needing counseling once we stopped confessing. Hard to believe that something as simple as confessing our sins to […]
Really important to you
Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 Have you ever had a person or a thing that was really important to you? You would do anything to meet this person or this is the one item you would save if there was a fire? It’s the […]
Sacrifice personal comfort
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. – 1 Corinthians 15:58 To stand up for anything is a sacrifice. Martin Luther King, Ghandi and William Wilberforce are […]