Welcoming November often turns the thoughts of our hearts to gratitude. It seems gratitude always has more to teach us with each passing year. Recently I sat with the intricately woven idea of gratitude for God’s sufficient grace. Fully understanding God’s grace extended to me through the undeserved favor of God and others shines forth… Continue reading Gratitude For God’s Sufficient Grace
Category: Devotionals
Peace in Trouble — Broken & Hopeful
When my friend Mike Wells was alive, he traveled a ridiculous amount of time every year all around the world. He encountered problems with planes, baggage, car travel, reservations and all sorts of other things as he was going to visit people. He used to call this being “Wells’ed” as it meant that unusual problems… Continue reading Peace in Trouble — Broken & Hopeful
Experience The Glory Of God
The Lord wants everyone to come to Him. Therefore, the Apostle Paul told us we can each experience the glory of God. The first thing that happens is we get rid of the veil. But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 2 Corinthians 3:16 What exactly is the veil, where did… Continue reading Experience The Glory Of God
Unforgiveness: The Devil’s Scheme
What’s the Devil’s Scheme? We can’t live on this sinful world without getting emotionally wounded. Does our enemy enjoy our pain? Yes. But he uses it too. Primarily the Devil wants to damage our walk with the Lord. A healthy Christian imitates Jesus. We grow in kindness, humility and servanthood. But a self-serving, embittered, feeble believer? A… Continue reading Unforgiveness: The Devil’s Scheme
The Privileged Life: The Abundant, Delightful Mercy of God
“Whoisa God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.” Micah 7:18 Mercy! Here in the South, we frequently use that word as an exclamation over some catastrophe, surprise, or shock. But as “The Princess Bride” movie character Inigo Montoya so famously said about… Continue reading The Privileged Life: The Abundant, Delightful Mercy of God
You Can’t Bubble Wrap Your Boy: And That’s a Good Thing!
Our family has a motto: “All five to keep him alive.” Ezra is the reason that motto exists. The baby of four brothers, Ezra was born without a risk regulator. He was not quite two the first time he ran away from home. We found him in a neighbor’s field, riding his red plastic motorcycle.… Continue reading You Can’t Bubble Wrap Your Boy: And That’s a Good Thing!
God’s Will in the Workplace (1st Peter 2:18-25)
God’s word is perfect and effective in guiding us in how to live as citizens and employees. In many ways, we are “slaves” to the workplace, and the way we work for our employer matters—it matters to God. Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men… For it is God’s will… Continue reading God’s Will in the Workplace (1st Peter 2:18-25)
Rejoice in the Lord, Drink the Water of Life 43-2-2
In New Jerusalem John saw “a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street.” The river portrays the Spirit flowing to us and 1 Corinthians 12:13 says we “were all given to drink one Spirit.” Isaiah 12:2 says the Lord has become… Continue reading Rejoice in the Lord, Drink the Water of Life 43-2-2
Carriers of his Presence
Following Jesus’s ascension, the apostles went around preaching the good news and continued the work of Jesus Christ. These men were so full of the presence of God that even their shadow caused people to be healed. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits,… Continue reading Carriers of his Presence
Walk in God’s Divine Nature, Drink the Water of Life 43-2-3
Revelation 21:21’s description of New Jerusalem is “the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.” The river flows out of the throne, but it flows in the middle of the street. Revelation 21:21 tells us that the street of the city is pure gold….The street in the New Jerusalem is the very riverbed of… Continue reading Walk in God’s Divine Nature, Drink the Water of Life 43-2-3