Unlearning Bad Prayer Mechanics
The Lord’s Prayer was not to be misunderstood as a magical formula to be recited word for word, but a pattern to follow.
Category: Abiding In Him Devotional
God Uses Broken People (Part 7): Onesimus
One of the most overlooked books in the Bible is the story of a broken and incarcerated youth who didn’t realize his God-given potential until a mentor invested in his
God Uses Broken People (Part 5): Mary Magdalene
We should learn from the past, but God never lets our past dictate our future. Jesus healed people whose lives were broken from the inside out, and Mary Magdalene was
God Uses Broken People (Part 4): Peter
God uses broken people. He's already factored in their failures. Peter’s relationship with Jesus is textual proof of this.
God Uses Broken People (Part 3): Joseph
Kintsugi is a 500-year-old Japanese art with an interesting philosophy. In kintsugi, broken pottery is valued as treasure rather than trash.
God Uses Broken People (Part 2): Rahab
Rahab was typecast too. If Netflix was doing a docuseries on the “red light district” of Jericho, this Canaanite woman would’ve likely been cast as the main character.
God Uses Broken People (Part 1): Moses
When God chooses to use a broken person, He doesn’t check with other broken people to get their opinion or approval.
Don’t Be a Knockoff or a Cheap Imitation
God was the Visionary and Moses was merely the project foreman. Amazing things happen when we see our roles rightly in Yahweh’s great big Kingdom enterprise.
Lance Armstrong and Necessary Evils
Amidst Lance Armstrong’s “doping” years, he and others involved had rationalized that taking illegal performance enhancing substances was a “necessary evil."
God Uses Broken People (Part 6): Noah
Noah “became drunk,” and shameful things followed. In this we see that Noah was far from perfect. He was broken just like the rest of us. But God never defines