Each of us is only one unguarded, emotional, regrettable step away from doing something really foolish; one step away from blowing up our family, ruining our reputation and not honoring God as holy.
Daily Devotion
Daily Devotion
Wholehearted Faith
How does one acquire such a full-out faith? I believe the answer is this: a firsthand experience of God’s power and faithfulness. You cannot live a wholehearted faith just by hearing the stories of God’s great work. You have to experience it up close and personal.
The Disease of Doubt
Doubting God is a disease that continues to infect the human heart. God provides sin’s sacrifice; we proclaim self-sufficiency. God provides forgiveness; we carry our sin. God promises never to leave us; we feel alone.
Praying God’s Blessing
Aaron’s “Priestly Blessing” is a great prayer to pray for our children. I introduced this prayer yesterday and considered the first three requests. Here are the final four.
Praying God’s Blessing
My prayers too often default into worn-out requests that lack specifics. But today’s passage gives great help in putting power into praying for our families.
A Demonstration of Love
God’s wrath regarding sin is a demonstration of his love, care, and protection. If God never demonstrated his wrath, he would not be righteous.
Using What We Know
God tells his people that because of who he is and what he has done, they can “walk with their heads held high.” And so can we!
Feasts of Focus
He desires me to take a break. He wants me to get away and reconnect with him. And he must smile when he sees us enjoying food and fellowship with other believers.
A Daily Decision
It all begins by being set apart as his child and continues as we choose to live a life set apart to him instead of immersed in the world. Once our position is set, every day awaits a practical decision.
The Substitute for Atonement
“God made him who knew no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus is the only one who can make atonement for our sins.
Clean or Unclean?
Just as God provided a way to stop the spread of sin, so he instructed his people on how to avoid the spread of infection and disease. Reading through these laws gives me a new appreciation for God’s gracious care, his thorough protection, and his practical love.
A Life Set Apart
While we will never live sinless lives on this earth, it is possible, by the strength of the Spirit, to sin less and obey more. That’s the high standard to which God has called his children. And that should be the desire of his children.