What Causes Fights Among You?
Our spiritual poverty is always a result of not leaning into God’s grace. We become self-absorbed and toxic when we fail to depend on God to meet our needs.
Tag: bible devotions
When Worship is a Waste of Time
The prophet Isaiah found himself in the midst of a crooked generation that was wasting their time in certain religious practices and they didn’t even realize it.
Have We Lost Our Wonder?
There is a place of marvel that we enter into when our hearts are fully embracing the presence of God. This kind of worship is found throughout the Bible.
Without Limbs: Comforted to Be a Comfort
God uses our afflictions to let us identify with others as we bring them the same comfort God has given us in our time of suffering.
Taming the Tongue
Remember the old saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”? What a lie that turned out to be! Words do hurt.
Big ‘Buts’ in the Bible
I once preached a sermon series called “Big ‘Buts’ in the Bible.” Yep, you read that right. “But” is a very important word. In Greek it is the word “alla.”
“Not a Lowly Worm Anymore”
Cheryl loved butterflies. My wife’s sister combined her butterfly affinity with her longtime passion of photography, capturing stunning images of nature.
The Risk You Must Take
What makes people want to count others more significant than themselves? In Paul's estimation, the answer is found in Philippians 2.
Don’t Forget What It’s Like to Be Lost
Ask God to give you eyes to see this brokenness and the hands to reach out to those enslaved by the world’s faulty navigation system.
Your Delays Are Not Defeats
Even when His plan seems to be interrupted at times, as in Ezra’s account, the Almighty steps in at just the right time to unveil His redemptive plan.