Devotionals about Humility & Character
Character is what's left when the applause stops, and humility is the soil where it grows. These devotionals on humility and character are plain-spoken messages about becoming the kind of person God can trust when no one is watching.
255 devotionals about humility & character
Explore More Topics
Filter by Topic
Swipe to see more topics
255 devotionals in Humility & Character
September 11, 2019
Are You Living in Growth Mode with Christ?
So here’s a question for you. Are you living in growth mode with your relationship with Christ? What I mean is, are you actively reading, meditating and growing your relationship with God?Let’s be honest, none of are going truly going to “get there” with our relationship until we meet Jesus face...
mind-renewalSeptember 10, 2019
Transform Your Mind: Focus on God's Truth
What are you thinking about? What are you feeding your mind? What we allow our minds to focus on influences our actions. That’s why it’s so important to pay attention to what we are thinking about. I can tell you it’s been critical for me the last two weeks! But seriously, are you focusing on joy...
humilityAugust 14, 2019
Humility: Thinking of Ourselves Less Often
“So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility coun...
prideJuly 25, 2019
Don't Believe in Yourself - Believe in Jesus
I had a great conversation yesterday with one of my friends (and new member to the devotional beginning today) and we were discussing times when we feel like “we got this” and we believe in our own selves and stop relying on God. You see this is caused by or led by Pride, the first sin. Pride tel...
waitingJuly 24, 2019
Who's Really Waiting? God's Perfect Timing in Our Lives
You ever feel like your waiting for God’s plan for you? I sure do, but what if all this waiting isn’t really us waiting for God but rather Him waiting for us? What I am getting at is who is actually doing the waiting? We may think it’s us, but we could be wrong. Think about when Abraham asked God...
communityJuly 8, 2019
Guarding Against Pride Through Christian Community
Well I hope everyone had a great 4th of July holiday and I hope you took pause to reflect on how blessed we are to live in such a great country. Last week I posted an article titled, “The ungrateful American”. The article was triggered by the outwardly vocal and seemingly ungrateful few soccer pl...
restorationJune 27, 2019
Infinite Possibilities in Christ Despite Our Mistakes
Listen, I’ve been rambling on for the past week about our bad habits and how God can remove them from us and restore us. So check this out;“Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I...
gratitudeJune 17, 2019
Every Good Gift Comes from Above
I hope you all had a great weekend and for all you fathers out there, you were able to spend a day doing what you wanted. I had a successful weekend in VA racing but it caused me pause to reflect on some things. Over two days of racing I won 10/12 races or “tests”. The two I lost were from a hard...
gods-faithfulnessJune 10, 2019
If God Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?
So in Romans 8, we are told, “if God is for us, who can be against us?” What an incredibly comforting promise from the living God, especially in the troubled times in which we are living. But God requires from us two things in return: they are faithfulness and obedience. You see, He is a jealous...
forgivenessJune 6, 2019
The Power of Forgiveness and Reconciliation
You ever think about how powerful Jesus is and His command for us forgive, as God has, those who have hurt us? I mean think about this, with that one selfless action, He becomes the great restorer. Pretty awesome I think. “"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you...
humilityJune 4, 2019
True Heroism: Finding Identity Beyond Accomplishments
This past weekend was somewhat disappointing but at the same time gratifying. You see, somewhere in the crazy journey of mine to grow my relationship with Christ, I think I’m beginning to learn what humility all means. For years I set my sights on accomplishing thing that defined “who” I was...bu...
truthfulnessMay 28, 2019
The Deadly Trap of Lying: Truth as God's Lifeline
Why do people tell lies? 🤷🏻♂️Well, that’s easy. Because lying might enable guilty people to escape responsibility and consequences for their misdeeds. Because lying might preserve the illusion of their innocence. Because lying helps the sinner avoid having to face up to the ugly and soul-pollu...
angerMay 22, 2019
Quick to Hear, Slow to Anger: Ending the Cycle
“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.”James 1:19-20Seeking revenge or trash talking someone else when they hurt us is easy to do. We all have time everyday where someone has...
weaknessMay 13, 2019
Embracing Weakness: When You Don't Know That You Don't Know
Hope everyone had a great weekend!I’ve thought about this all weekend and I wanted to start this week by discussing probably my most favorite verse in the Bible;“So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a mess...
humilityMay 10, 2019
Conquering the Big Three: Pride, Lust, and Entitlement
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”Philippians 2:3 ESVSo we all have to deal with pride, lust and entitlement to some degree. Some more in one area than others. But to be able to deal with the weak areas of our life we need...
perseveranceMay 7, 2019
Grinding It Out: How Perseverance Builds Christ-Like Character
Grinding it out and persevering builds character. Plain and simple. Something about endurance has the incredible capacity to refine you. I guess it’s kind of like a fire for silver, removing impurities and strengthening the character. Often because endurance goes hand-in-hand with trials and tria...
restraintApril 16, 2019
Better Left Unspoken: The Wisdom of Restraint
I got to thinking over the last week how some things are better left unspoken; don’t give them airtime. In other words, if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all...right? Proverbs 10:19 “In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise”.Some th...
sufferingApril 15, 2019
Suffering Builds Character: Lessons from Tiger Woods
19Tiger Woods Ya’ll!I have to say, as a sport fan and a person who’s experienced suffering, this years Master was truly “unlike no other”.Many of us have followed this man since he was a boy. We watched in admiration as he dominated golf, pop culture and the news media. We also watched him fall a...
gentle-wordsApril 5, 2019
The Power of Gentle Words: Speaking Truth with Love
I’ve always been known as someone who “tells is like it is”. I’ve taken pride in the you may not like what I say, but I will always tell you like I see it. Well, maybe I need to work on the way in which I deliver my message...maybe you do too.I/we need to understand and leverage the power of gent...
gods-rulesMarch 25, 2019
God's Rules vs Human Rules: Walking in True Freedom
What “rules” do you play by? Human rules versus God’s rules?We add things to God’s rules and think it helps people. Usually, it causes people to take their eyes off God’s rules and put them on our rules. Soon, our rules become more important than God’s. Love one another. Forgive anyone who sins a...
sharing-testimonyMarch 22, 2019
The Power of Sharing Your Simple Story
“And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent around to all that region and brought to him all who were sick and implored him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.”Matthew 14:35-36This was a story of a simple man who’d share wh...
reputationMarch 15, 2019
A Good Name: Balancing Reputation with God and World
How’s your reputation?“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.”Proverbs 22:1 A bad reputation has a ruthless way of catching up to you. And it doesn’t matter if you have a great family, if you are in good health, or if you are flush with cash...
anger-managementMarch 5, 2019
Quick to Listen, Slow to Anger
So driving back from racing Sunday night, my buddy and I got talking about how we all fall into the trap of reacting to quickly and loudly when things aren’t going our way. We’re all imperfect, it’s ok, you can admit it. We all do it. In James we are told;“Know this, my beloved brothers: let ever...
controlFebruary 12, 2019
This is God's World, Not Ours
You know, it’s tough when things don’t go the way we think they will. All of us struggle every day to try to get control of our environments. We try to build financial wealth so that we won't suffer need. We try to take care of our health so we don't feel pain or suffer illness. We try to manage...