April 25

Facing Gethsemane The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.  ––1 Corinthians 2:14 The night before the crucifixion in the Garden of Gethsemane, the die was cast. Jesus wrestled with his fate—the […]

April 24

Sweet Waters So the people grumbled at Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” Then he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet.  Exodus 15:24-25 nasb The human body can go about 40-50 days without food. But deprive it of water and you’re dead in 3, 4 […]

April 23

Bitterness the Thief Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.  ––Ephesians 4:31-32 Ruth’s story in the Bible, if summarized as a Netflix movie description: “A foreign widow emigrates to a strange […]

April 22

Friends for Life Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I […]

April 21

Choosing Transformation “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18, esv There is no such thing as a life in God without change in […]

April 20

The Subtlety of Self-Deception   Sound thinking makes for gracious living, but liars walk a rough road.  ––Proverbs 13:15, msg   How many believers have you encountered who gave the appearance that everything was solidly put together on the outside, but inside life was full of pain from relational, moral, spiritual, and emotional traumas? So often […]

April 19

Decoupling Shame from Sin For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.  ––Galatians 5:1 ESV The devil loves to link shame and sin in the mind of the believer. He convinces us that the two are inevitable reactions to our fallen nature. He […]

April 18

Shame, the Enemy And now, dear children, abide in him, so that when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.  ––1 John 2:28 nkjv Over the years I’ve met scores of talented and successful men. Guys who have built their own businesses, acquired considerable financial assets, and […]

April 17

Worship How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them. ––Psalm 139:17, esv How do you approach worship? How do you come to God? Do you bring all of your resourcefulness, do you bring all your knowledge, do you bring all the things that you know, and do […]

April 16

All Fathers These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.  ––Deuteronomy 6:6-7 The Book of Deuteronomy repeats a lot of what God […]