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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December 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...
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...
gospel-sharingAugust 9, 2019
What Matters is Christ is Preached
As we close the week, I wanted to touch on a something that has been with me the last few days. It’s a thought centering around my own sharing of the gospel and the sharing I receive from others. More specifically who “should and shouldn’t be sharing”? “Some indeed preach Christ from envy and riv...
faithAugust 8, 2019
Growing Love Through Faith
As I sit here watching the sun come up this morning, I can help but marvel at the beauty God has made. How do I know he made it? Well, I have faith that he did. It’s the same faith that I have in Him that allows me to grow closer to Him. You see, developing a love for God is a little more challen...
loveAugust 7, 2019
Love in Action - God and Others
So, we’ve been talking about seeking balance in our lives and our relationships with God by showing compassion and serving others. What’s interesting though, is this has me circling back to our discussion of the “Golden Rule” and how that affects our relationship with other and our relationship w...
listeningJuly 19, 2019
Listen First: How Jesus Heard What Truly Mattered
So you remember the WWJD (What would Jesus Do?) bracelets that folks wore that were so popular, right? Well recently while I was playing on social media I’ve noticed that there is a new bracket out, a follow up to WWJD, that has the initials HWLF (He would love first). I like it! But it’s got me...
graceJuly 18, 2019
Grace Over Judgment: Standing Up for the Outcasts
“And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."”John 8:7 In a world where opinions can go viral minutes after they’re posted, and social media debates go from zero to 100 in a hot second, it’s wise to re...
graceJuly 11, 2019
Finding Grace in Our Struggles
Man, what a day yesterday was! It’s as if the last few days of my writings were preparing me for my own failure and struggles...“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;”James 1:19 I would have loved to have stopped today, meditated on the a...
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...
forgivenessJune 13, 2019
Choose Love Over Vengeance
Watching the news, scrolling through social media or just taking an watchful eye on what goes on around us, I can’t help but notice that it seems like everyone is out for vengeance. It’s ridiculous honestly. We have talked repeatedly about forgiveness and it’s a HUGE topic with me as it is the es...
friendshipJune 7, 2019
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
I bet you wouldn’t think I would write about Neil Diamond would you? Well, I am...sort of. Stay with me here;I believe that the Lord Jesus wants me to encourage you to look after your friendships and not neglect them, nor take them for granted!We need each other, especially in these turbulent tim...
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...
greedApril 30, 2019
Money vs. God: The Danger of Divided Hearts
So, I want to keep on track this week about some of the things that in many ways separate us from our relationship with God. The pursuit of “more” is definitely one of those things...“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity...