Great Grace
Are you involved in a story of great grace? How about giving to someone who can offer nothing in return? How about serving a person in need?
You Are God!
Thank Him for His past answers. Thank Him for all His future promises. And then from the depth of your being, make this declaration, “Sovereign Lord, you are God!” Don’t ask God to change His answer; ask Him to change your heart.
Blind Spots
Do you have any blind spots? Any areas of obedience you overlook or just flat miss? I bet you do. You can bet I have mine and we need to deal with them.
True Friendship
Although he was the king’s son, Jonathan acknowledged David as the next king and made the sacrifices necessary for that to happen.
Our Guide to the End
Self-counsel leads us to self-directed actions and pushes God out of the picture. When God is out of the picture, we lose direction and focus. Our thoughts and emotions are easily distracted by our circumstances.
An Emotional Furnace
During the journey of life, each of us spends time on the emotional edge. We cannot escape fatigue, disappointment, and stress. These are dangerous stretches. Reactions (and overreactions) can cause much collateral damage. But our trust in God, even in the heat of pressure cooker situations, makes all the difference.
Love the Lord Your God
When we start by loving God with our whole being it flows from there. So if you are having trouble with the second greatest commandment; start with the first.
Only a Boy Named David
Don’t sell our children short. God does big work in small packages. Always has…always will.
Turn to God
Are you facing an impossible situation? Turn to God. “Perhaps the Lord will act on [your] behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.”
A Reluctant Leader
Be leery of reluctant leaders. Their skin is not thick enough, their roots aren’t deep enough, and their commitment is not strong enough.
The Appearance Trap
Don’t choose a king by his cover (or a wife, husband, friend, president for that matter). Beautiful bodies lose their lure when they house a shriveled heart.
Be Careful What You Pray
In the story of Israel’s first king, we learn an important lesson: sometimes God answers our prayers, and we live to regret it. And from this lesson we learn an important application: be very careful what you pray for.
Make A Promise
WIt’s one thing to make a promise; it’s another thing to keep it.
Call Me Mara
When you feel like changing your name to convey your feelings about God, just remember that he never changes his. God’s name is always faithful. He will never leave you nor forsake you.
Train Wreck
This was a time in Israel’s history when the people did not know God. There was no godly leader to give guidance. Everyone did as he saw fit. The same thing happens today. When we do what is right in our own eyes, our life can be described in two words: “Train Wreck!”
What Am I Doing for the Sake of Christ?
Sad, isn’t it, when a person wastes so much potential? Hmm . . . but . . . I have the Spirit of the living God living in me. I have the resurrection power right in my person. What am I doing for the sake of Christ? How are life’s distractions keeping me from being all God wants me to be?
God Will Not Be Used
Jephthah’s tragedy is a lesson for us all. Trying to manipulate God always backfires. He will not be used.
Open Arms
Regardless of how far we have gone, how long we have been gone or how much damage we’ve done, the loving Father waits with open arms to welcome his child (prodigal though he or she may be) back home.
The Lord is Peace
No one, on his own, can see God and live. But there is One who intercedes for us. Jesus stands between the holy God and sinful man and by his death bridges the great separation.
Faith Is Not an Heirloom
The fact is that we are not going to get out of this life alive. One day, all too soon, we will be gone. When our children leave our grave and walk to their cars, will they do so in the power of the Spirit or with meaningless religious remnants?