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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September 2, 2020
Seeking God First in a Social Media World
Most of you know me pretty well and know I am a sucker for some good social media. I really do enjoy it (when it’s not politics and hate). I stick with 4 topics-dogs, dirt bikes, airplanes and family. But it got me thinking about who we are and what what we are doing with it.You see, with the adv...
unityAugust 31, 2020
Loving a Divided World: Striving for Peace and Unity
Hope er’body had a great weekend! As I turn on the news, it seems the world stayed crazy...oh, well.Listen, it’s no secret that our world seems more divided than ever. Whether it’s political parties that can’t agree on a nation’s budget or special interest groups that spew hatred toward each othe...
loveAugust 27, 2020
Loving People Who Don't See Things Your Way
There are 8 billion people in this world and not one of them are exactly like you. So what does that mean? That means there is a really good chance you’re going to have to deal with people who don’t see things the way you do. That don’t have the same political beliefs, family background or econom...
anger-at-godAugust 24, 2020
Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?
Why do we sometimes get frustrated or angry with God? Let’s face it, we all do it. We lose a job promotion, a race didn’t go our way, we experience a death in the family, personal injury or financial hardships. This list is long...we all have them. Life’s hard. "God, why did you let that happen?"...
gratitudeAugust 20, 2020
Counting All as Loss for 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...
evangelismAugust 14, 2020
Touching Lives Through Good Deeds
We have a lot of work to do yet. We need to always be sharing the name who has delivered us, Jesus. Just yesterday, 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 re...
humilityAugust 13, 2020
Choosing His Will Over Our Own
“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...
peaceAugust 11, 2020
Finding Peace in the Busyness of Life
Life can get really busy sometimes with hectic schedules, financial pressures, and various commitments, so much so that it can be easy to allow that busyness to crush the real meaning of why we exist. So let’s pause, take a breath, and bring perspective.“And let the peace of Christ rule in your h...
faithAugust 6, 2020
Faith That Sees the Unseen: Growing Love for God
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...
relationshipsAugust 3, 2020
Love God, Love Others: The Heart of All Relationships
So, I thought we could talk about 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 way back to our discussion of the “Golden Rule” and how that affects our relationship with others and ou...
fearJuly 30, 2020
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear of Change
Don’t know about you, but the older I get the more I seem to fear change. The funny thing is, as I said yesterday, it’s usually resting of some false nothing of what this change may be. I remember being a kid and being afraid of going somewhere or doing something and I always wanted my dad with m...
reconciliationJuly 22, 2020
Being Right With, Not Right At
I had someone tell me years ago, “do you want to be happy or right?” Pretty good question I think, because we all want to be happy and we usually want to be right. Right? Think about the last argument you had, did you win? Did you prove you were right at the expense of the other person? You may h...
gods-loveJuly 17, 2020
God's Unfailing Love Never Separates
Life can give curve balls, we all know that. And for me, yesterday was full of disappointment. But, you know what, it will pass and today is a beautiful new day full of hope!So, as we roll into this weekend take time to think about the unfailing love of God. Despite our sinful, selfish, and stubb...
communityJuly 6, 2020
Finding Peace Through Christ and Community
I hope everyone had a great weekend and stayed safe but had some fun with family and friends. I was thinking over the weekend how things seems different this year. Well, I decided to take a look back and see where “we” were and what we were talking about a year ago. To my sadness, we as country,...
humilityJuly 2, 2020
Creating the Right Environment for 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 wrong environment. Think of it this way, if you are under water trying to breathe and you’re inhaling and exhaling, you’re doing everything righ...
loveJune 23, 2020
Love One Another: The Mark of True Disciples
I have stopped watching the news now for over a week...I know what it is and it’s awful. I’m not talking about the Virus or the economy,I’m talking about how WE are treating one another. Look, bad things happen and we shouldn’t let them go unnoticed, but how we treat one another, especially today...
self-sufficiencyJune 15, 2020
Surrendering Self-Sufficiency to Find Rest in Jesus
I’m pretty independent when it comes to feeling like “I can do it”. In fact, I kind of grew up with the attitude of, “if you want it some right, do it yourself!” Maybe you share some of these traits? Come to think of it, I’d say our whole society has become a DIY (do it yourself) society. Think a...
peaceJune 9, 2020
Finding Peace Through God's Love for All People
Okay, so I wasn’t going to comment on the current racial tensions going on in America currently, but I can’t sit by and not say something so here it my take. Jesus died for us ALL, not just whites, not just black, not just brown or yellow people. ALL of us. And while all people have the right to...
opportunityJune 4, 2020
Seize God's Daily Opportunities for Service
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about some of my habits, but good and bad, and how I’ve been using the talents God has blessed me with. More specifically, am I taking about the opportunities He’s put before me and if I’m using them? Well, I hope so and I hope you are too. But understand, opportun...
gods-presenceMay 29, 2020
God's Unchanging Love Through Life's Storms
You know it easy sometimes to think that God isn’t present when things are going bad for us. The feeling that maybe He isn’t there when we deviate from what we think is His plan for us. Well, it is simply not true. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father...
peaceMay 21, 2020
True Peace: God's Gift vs. World's Temporary Comfort
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”John 14:27 Do you really know what true Peace is? Generally speaking, we would say it’s a life absent of conflict, war, bad relationships, etc. Wh...
compassionMay 18, 2020
Showing Compassion to Those Who Oppose You
So I’ve been thinking about what is really means to have compassion. I pray nightly that God lays compassion on my heart towards others...specifically those who oppose me. It’s hard these days with so many labels, differences of opinion, lifestyles, etc. to always connect with people. Take the po...
forgivenessMay 11, 2020
Give Up the Right to Get Even
Hope you had a great weekend!“Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you” Luke 6:27-28 Wow, this is a tough one...We are called to forgive those that hurt us, unconditionally. Because if it’s with condition, it’s not forgiveness. We need to pray for...
gratitudeMay 6, 2020
The Power of a Heartfelt Thank You
Back to gratitude because it’s so important. If we are grateful we tend to have peace and serenity in our lives. It replaces want and unhappiness. You know, when we are grateful for something we are compelled to say thank you whether it be to a neighbor, friend, coworker or God Himself. Saying TH...