When Facing Your Red Sea
Though Israel’s situation looked bleak, God assures them that the coming events, regardless of how they are perceived, are governed by his power and purposes.
Category: Devotional Series
Will You Be the Tree or the Shrub This Year?
Do you want to experience a “happy” new year? Psalm 1:1-6 makes it very clear what will determine that, by giving us two pictures of contrast.
Advent Devotions (Week 4): Love and a Prostitute
On the fourth Sunday of Advent, we reflect on scriptures from the Old and New Testaments about God’s love for us. God’s love undergirds the whole Bible.
Advent Devotions (Week 3): Joy and Rejoicing
The third week of Advent is Joy. Of course, joy and happiness are two different things. Happiness is an emotion that is contingent upon circumstances.
Advent Devotions (Week 2): Peace and Shalom
Christ, the divine embodiment of Shalom, is the only thing that can bring this world true and lasting peace.
Advent Devotions (Week 1): Faith and Expectancy
Waiting is the embodiment of faith—a faith that must learn to trust God’s character, His intentions, and His timing.
Overcoming Grasshopper Vision
Have you ever felt stuck between two chapters in your life—a place where it doesn’t seem like there is much purpose and God has subtly moved on without you?
When the Most Wonderful Time of the Year is a Mess
The most wonderful time of the year can be quite a mess. I look around and recognize that there’s not a whole lot of “happy” left in the holidays.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Advent Is Like a Prison Cell
In 1943 German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a letter from Tegel Prison as he prepared to live out the Advent season from a jail cell.