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.
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268 devotionals in Humility & Character
April 10, 2024
The Power of Our Words
Let’s roll over hump day with a thought about the words that come out of our mouths. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.”Proverbs 18:21 ESVYou see, words can be the fruit of our thought and our hearts and can be used to encourage and lift up...
trustMarch 28, 2024
Are You Trustworthy? Building Dependable Christian Character
It’s been a long week and I’ve enjoyed our readings and have had some good conversations springing up from them. One of which came up this week about trust. It came up in the context of one of you said, “I can count on and trust you sending the morning devotional.” That has sat on me a while and...
self-controlMarch 22, 2024
Self-Control: Building Walls Against Temptation
“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”Proverbs 25:28 ESVI stumbled across this Proverb and I just had to take pause to think about it, so let’s discuss it. So God gave us free will to do what we want to do. We can eat unhealthy, smoke, drink excessively or...
patienceMarch 21, 2024
Learning Patience: Waiting on God's Perfect Timing
I have been forced to learn a lot about myself the last few years and one of the things I’ve learned is I need to get better with patience. Not only with life but mostly with people. I always thought I was a relatively patient person until I started trying to really learn what it meant to be pati...
humilityFebruary 26, 2024
Choosing Jesus Over Self: Living in Humility
“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...
gods-loveJanuary 24, 2024
Defined by God's Love, Not Your 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...
spiritual-growthJanuary 15, 2024
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...
gods-faithfulnessJanuary 11, 2024
If God Be For Us: Living in the Divine Majority
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...
humilityJanuary 9, 2024
The Secret of True Heroes: Embracing Humility Over Fame
This past week 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...but t...
restraintNovember 28, 2023
Wisdom in Knowing When to Hold Your Tongue
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...
integrityNovember 24, 2023
Walking with Integrity in a Crooked World
“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.”Proverbs 10:9 It’s a big weekend for college football the next couple weekend and I for one am excited. It’s hard though not to see what is going on with the new NIL deals and the transfer portals. In...
heart-transformationNovember 17, 2023
What Comes Out of Your Heart
“But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us." And he said, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the...
reputationNovember 9, 2023
A Good Name is Better Than Great Riches
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...
angerOctober 31, 2023
Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak and Anger
So, I got to thinking about how we all fall into the trap of reacting too 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 every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow...
surrenderOctober 16, 2023
This Is God's World: Learning to Let Go of Control
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...
prideSeptember 19, 2023
Breaking Down Pride and Proud Thoughts
The Bible tells us that the devil lost everything he had because arrogance took roots in his heart.How many times have we watched this play out in the lives of famous athletes, celebrities and even people we’ve know in our own lives?We need to be careful with our thoughts. Some of them are proud...
givingSeptember 15, 2023
Secret Giving: When Your Left Hand Doesn't Know
Let’s continue down this journey of what lies in our heart that is behind our actions. Yesterday we talked about having to lofty opinion our ourselves and how that aligns with God’s views of our actions. Today, I’d like to take this a little further and talk about how we give and why. We live in...
heart-conditionSeptember 14, 2023
God Weighs the Heart: True Motives Matter
Have you ever thought about how we judge our own actions versus how God judges our actions? As some point we are all apt to judge our actions too favorably and to have too lofty an opinion of our own character. While this conceit and self promotion may look great on Facebook and drive a lot of “l...
words-powerAugust 1, 2023
Life and Death in the Power of the Tongue
448/1/23“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.”Proverbs 18:21 For those that know me well, you know I enjoy a little social media. But in a healthy way I think. You see, I was talking to a friend about it and I was telling him I stick to, “dirt...
spiritual-disciplineJune 27, 2023
Strength Through Weakness: Serving from Gratitude
There are no shortcuts to fully living for Christ. This is a battle. To return to Proverbs, “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life” Prayer, worship, meditation, Scripture memory, are all part of nurturing the inner life of our hearts.More than anything else, we must r...
serviceJune 21, 2023
Why Do You Serve? Examining Our True Motivations
336/21/23So, I’m sitting in my infusion chair yesterday watching the amazing people who work in Oncology serving others. They exhibit so much compassion, empathy and genuine care for others, it’s clear to see why they were called to serve others. These care nurses ask for no recognition, no troph...
waitingJune 16, 2023
Finding Purpose in Life's Waiting Places
So, yesterday I mentioned I was reminded that God’ s timing is perfect. And while I have to agree, it’s the time before that “perfect timing” that is the most difficult. I know it is for me. Think about when you aren’t where you used to be but not yet where you want to be. And you find yourself i...
childlike-faithJune 13, 2023
Becoming Like Children
So I’m sitting in the airport flying back to Atlanta yesterday and I’m people watching. We all do it and it’s fun, especially at airports. Well, something occurred to me while I’m watching a group of kids cruise by…they ain’t worried about a thing. They’re just being kids. Happy about everything,...
judging-othersJune 7, 2023
The Plank in Your Own Eye
It sure is easy see the speck in somebody else’s eye. But the plank in our own? What plank? Why do we do that? “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in y...