Be Rooted in God Each Day (2) But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of […]
Be Rooted in God Each Day (1) Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had […]
The Two Faces of Denial And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. ––2 Corinthians 3:18 Scroll your news feed and undoubtedly you will find a story about a VIP in hot water. The headline […]
The Fire Inside Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in […]
Below the Dirt Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what […]
The Great Disruptor “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. ––Luke 22:42-44, NKJV No […]
Get Back Up For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. ––Proverbs 24:16 How many active NFL placekickers can you name without doing a search? (I came up with three.) Placekickers toil in relative anonymity until they either make a game-winning field goal, […]
Escape Story For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. ––Colossians 1:13-14 Many of my favorite films have an awesome escape story. One that jumps to mind is The Shawshank Redemption, where Tim Robbins […]
Man, Disrupted When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up––one on one side, one on the other––so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword. ––Exodus 17:12-13 God is […]
Man, Interrupted Take good counsel and accept correction— that’s the way to live wisely and well. We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God’s purpose prevails. ––Proverbs 19:20-21, msg Do you have friends who constantly interrupt you? Or just as bad, don’t listen as they just wait for you to finish so they can talk? […]
