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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273 devotionals in Humility & Character
June 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...
humilityMay 5, 2023
Choosing Christ Over Self Daily
“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...
waitingApril 19, 2023
Who Is Really Doing the Waiting?
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...
reputationMarch 31, 2023
Choosing a Good Name Over Great Riches
See, y’all were just going to let me think yesterday was Friday and let me sign off for the weekend weren’t you? That’s what happens when vacation brain rolls into working brain. But anyway, I figured it out…How’s your reputation?“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is...
spiritual-environmentMarch 23, 2023
Right Heart, Right Environment - Walking with God
So many times we think we are doing the right thing in our relationship with God but with no result. Most of the time it’s because we have put ourselves in the wrong environment. Think of it this way, if you are under water trying to breathe and you’re inhaling and exhaling, you’re doing everythi...
trialsMarch 21, 2023
Count It Joy During Trials - God Is Shaping You
It sure seems like every time you turn around we are being informed about someone else’s troubles. From individual victims of bad fortune to groups feeling victimized. While I certainly feel empathy, I can’t help but reflect on the fact the If you live long enough in this world, you will inevitab...
patienceMarch 3, 2023
God's Timing vs. Our Instant Gratification
553/3/23Heading in to the weekend, let’s downshift a little. So, I’m talking to a friend last night and he’s telling me about his son who is an exceptional college baseball player and how he’s got himself into a slump at the plate and is struggling. We talked about how this is for sure going to b...
prayerFebruary 23, 2023
God is Listening: Your Prayers Aren't Falling on Deaf Ears
You ever get frustrated when you’re talking to someone and it seems like you’re wasting your breath? Like they’re not listening or couldn’t care less? Well, if you’re married like me, you’ve been accused of it by your wife and I’m sure if you have kids you know what I’m talking about...Well, it e...
humilityFebruary 14, 2023
Look Up and Praise God's Glory
You ever slowed down enough to take a look at how self obsessed our culture has become today? Man, I have. Everywhere you turn it’s another “be the better you” or whatever. We hardly notice anymore how self-obsessed we’re encouraged to be, how self-absorbed we really are. We’re so bent on improvi...
anger-managementJanuary 26, 2023
Quick to Listen, Slow to Anger: Taming Our Words
23Ever find yourself getting frustrated with others? I’ve got to be honest with you, sometimes I find myself doing a little trash talk, both to myself and openly, about others who have frustrated me to no end. I could start the slow driver in the left lane selfishly texting and not caring about a...
humilityJanuary 16, 2023
When Pride Comes: The Pathway to Wisdom Through Humility
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.”Proverbs 11:2 The difference between pride and humility is all about perspective. One is oriented around self importance and being seen, while the other sees self importance as secondary to a bigger mission.Proverbs 11:2 says...
humilityJanuary 13, 2023
Finding Peace Through a Calm and Humble Soul
One of the shortest Psalms, Psalm 131 is like a status update from a humble person. In about the length of a tweet, it lets God know where David is at in relation to the Lord.“O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too...
humilityJanuary 12, 2023
True Greatness Comes Through Serving Others
Man, I got into something last night reading about Pride and Humility and I want to shift gears today and talk about it and share some of what I’m reading. “But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles Lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority...
disciplineJanuary 5, 2023
Order Over Chaos: The Power of Discipline
A couple days ago, I talked about having rest. Taking time off to be present in your relationship with God. You hear it all the time, “I’ve just been so busy...” or “I don’t have time, I’m so busy...”. Really, are you really that busy with things that matter? Is your house in order?I ask this bec...
identity-in-christDecember 20, 2022
Your True Identity in Christ
Ask yourself this, what is your identity? People mostly answer that question with a title. I’m a mom. I’m a dad. A golfer, racer, vegan, cross fitter, husband or wife...whatever. But that’s not necessarily your identity. It’s regarding the world but what about your identity in Christ? Well, you’r...
wisdomDecember 5, 2022
The Wisdom of Seeking Counsel and God's Word
As I’ve grown older and I hope wiser, I’ve learned quite a few things that I couldn’t have accepted when I was younger and more stupid. One of the most glaringly things, obvious to me now, is I could never have gotten where I am today both professionally and personally without the help and counse...
hateNovember 4, 2022
Hate is Pride Leaving the Body
This has been an emotional roller coaster week for me and I’ve had plenty to think about…the reality of life for one, so it got me thinking. How often do you find yourself hating things? Oh, I do all the time. I hate this traffic, I hate all this rain, I hate bad scans or bad text results, I hate...
repentanceOctober 21, 2022
Getting Back on Track: The Power of Repentance
I got to thinking about how life seems to ebb and flow with good times and bad. More specifically, I got to thinking about how we can get stuck in the bad. I’m talking about that “stop the world I just want to get off this ride” feeling. We’ve all had it, but what do we do to get off “that ride”?...
patienceOctober 19, 2022
Finding Patience: God's Control in Life's Pressures
Are the horrible election campaign ads ever going to stop? Good grief…We live in a world that is going by so fast that finding patience is becoming a lost art. However, one of the best ways to be patient is to carry on with life, knowing God is in control...not you. I will say it one more time, “...
patienceSeptember 16, 2022
God Speaks Through Our Circumstances
Let keep talking about listening to God and looking for his answers. “for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”James 1:3-4 Look, I think it’s pretty evident that God sp...