Devotionals about Love & Relationships
Love is messier and more costly than the Hallmark version. The devotionals below look at marriage, family, friendship, and the hard love of Jesus — and what it takes to love real people with real grace instead of loving an idea of them.
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278 devotionals in Love & Relationships
April 22, 2020
God's Consolations Cheer the Soul
“When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.”Psalm 94:19 Have you ever been through one of those seasons in life where things just aren’t going right? Maybe you've been overtaken by anxiety, stress, and restlessness as a result of your own sin. Sometimes seasons of anxie...
communityMarch 23, 2020
Breaking Isolation Through Community and Connection
In times of need like we are all going though, yes we need to be practicing our social distancing, but are you going at it alone or are you surrounding ourselves with loved ones? Not physically, but is someone there for you or are you there for someone? This may sound silly, but it’s important. I...
graceMarch 17, 2020
Life Without Jesus and Grace in Relationships
What would your life look like without Jesus? I don’t know if you think about that, but I think about it often. I cringe at the thought of what my life would be without Jesus. I’m sure my heart would be cold because I felt it headed that way when I met Christ. I’d probably be pretty lonely. I may...
selflessnessMarch 16, 2020
Choosing Others Over Ourselves in Crisis
So, I feel inclined to write to all of you today about the hysteria surrounding the Corona Virus. What I have to say isn’t about whether or not it is a “real threat”. As Christians, we can take on a selfless position and become part of the problem instead of part of the solution. You see, not lon...
forgivenessFebruary 7, 2020
Forgiveness Without Limits
Taking forgiveness into the weekend I just want to say, forgiveness is not easy. But no matter how many times a person hurts you, you got to forgive them without limit. I know, I get it, but we have to. To forgive doesn’t mean to forget. You don’t have to reconcile with the person that wronged yo...
self-denialJanuary 31, 2020
Deny Self: The Path to True Selflessness
“Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his s...
hearing-godJanuary 22, 2020
How God Speaks to Us Today
Have you heard God? Is He actively speaking to us? Well, the answer to the last question in a most definite yes. But here’s the deal, I haven’t heard Him with my own ears in the literal sense, but I most certainly do hear him. You see God can speak to us in a number of ways. The most obvious way...
changeJanuary 15, 2020
When Everything Changes, God Remains the Same
Why does everything have to change all the time? I mean, what’s wrong with the way things are now? Well, if you’re asking yourself these same questions, you’re probably like me and on the train to being an old dude or dudette! Ha, I’m only joking, but sometimes with the pace that the world is cha...
rest-in-christJanuary 14, 2020
Finding Rest in His Easy Yoke
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."”Matthew 11:28-30 I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to...
peaceJanuary 3, 2020
Jesus Is Your Peace: Finding Tranquility in Christ
Peace and serenity. We all seek it, we all crave it and we all need it. But where is it exactly? You may be like me and think it’s just in the absence of noise or conflict. But it’s not in the absence those things. It’s the tranquil feeling that’s not dependent on you circumstances. The peace we...
christmasDecember 24, 2019
Christmas: God's Message of Love to Your Heart
Well, here we are, Christmas Eve! The time of year we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus! But do we stop and wonder, why was Jesus born? Well, it’s because God so loved the world! The story of Jesus’ birth is not just a warm fuzzy story about a sweet baby born to nice people who we...
spiritual-growthDecember 23, 2019
It's Not Clean Until the Rag Hits It
So, as I was washing my race bike on Saturday following a great practice session, for some reason, I reminded myself of a saying I heard somewhere along the way that said, “it’s not clean until a rags hit it”. Got me thinking that this simple task of cleaning my bike could be a metaphor for our r...
forgivenessDecember 19, 2019
To Be Forgiven, You Must Also Forgive
So hear’s a thought? So I’ve been talking all week about forgiving and how we can and should. But do you want others to forgive you? Even more importantly, do you want God to forgive you?You see, in order to be forgiven, you also have to be able to forgive. That applies to others just as well as...
forgivenessDecember 16, 2019
Christmas Forgiveness - Give It Like You Received It
As we ease into the Christmas season, we are surrounded by all kinds of events and celebrations. Company parties, charity functions, volunteering, it’s all wonderful and it’s all in the Christmas Spirit. But like you, I get excited for Christmas because it’s the celebration of the birth of our Lo...
lonelinessNovember 13, 2019
Finding God in Loneliness
You ever get lonely even though you’re surrounded by people all the time? I do. With social media so prevalent in the world we live in these days, it’s easy to get caught up in what we are allowed to see of others. If we are not careful, it can lead us to believe we are alone. Look, I personally...
gossipOctober 21, 2019
Love Believes the Best: Avoiding the Gossip Trap
I don’t know about you but I’ve got to do better at turning off gossip when I hear it. I also need to not “enable it” when I hear it by giving a participatory laugh or, “now way!” It just makes it worse. It seems as if now days we believe the negative stuff about people more than the positive stu...
gratitudeOctober 10, 2019
Gratitude for Everyone You Meet
You know, a few weeks ago I was talking about The Great Commission and how we are called to share the story of Christ. Well, today I got to thinking about the people we surround ourselves with and the people we express our gratitude towards. You see, sharing our gratitude with others is a great w...
testimonySeptember 18, 2019
Share Your Peace - Your Testimony Matters
So pay close attention to what I’m about to tell you. That peace that God has blessed you with that is getting you through or has gotten you though tough times, well it’s not just for you. Yep, it’s true. As a good friend on mine told many many years ago, “if you want to keep it, you gotta share...
gods-loveSeptember 9, 2019
Nothing Can Separate Us From God's Love
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of...
griefAugust 30, 2019
God Is the Great Restorer
Ok, no surprise that I’m struggling though the loss of my father. But we all experience loss and God doesn’t like it. In fact, it wasn’t always supposed to be, but sin crept in and now we have to deal with it. But I believe, correction, I know God is the great restorer. So what is giving me hope...
kindnessAugust 29, 2019
The Gospel in Two Words: Be Nice
So, I guess some of you are wondering what was going on yesterday when I closed with “be nice”? Well, the deal is, Dr. Sam Mathews spoke at my father’s service and talked about what being nice is all about. I will try and paraphrase and share the best I can...You see, Dr. Mathews explained to us...
christian-communityAugust 22, 2019
We Need Each Other in Faith
So I’ve spent the afternoon yesterday with family and friends brought together by the sudden illness of my father. And as we gathered and shared stories, cried together and prayed together I couldn’t help but to write something about how we as Christians support one another...so I went digging. “...
gratitudeAugust 21, 2019
Nothing Compares to Christ
You ever take a minute and look around your life and reflect on the blessing He has given you? I’m sure you have, we all do at times. This morning, as I was digging into the word, I was reflecting on some of those things and it struck me that much of what I was grateful for were things of this wo...
witnessingAugust 15, 2019
Sharing Christ Through Acts of Love and Kindness
We have a lot of work to do yet. We need to always be sharing the name who has delivered us, Jesus. Just today, I came across a young girl that I could tell needed to smile. I had a kind word for her, she smiled and what a wonderful smile she had. That was Jesus at work. Now is the time to reach...