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December 23, 2024
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...
compassionDecember 20, 2024
I love feedback from everyone (just not on the group message, haha) and I always appreciate a good conversation around the messages I send out. Especially when they hit home and are appreciated. I genuinely cherish each of you and love the exchanges. “When two or more are gathered” right!? For me...
christmasDecember 19, 2024
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us).”Matthew 1:23 Have you ever thought about why God sent Jesus? It’s pretty amazing to think about. God could have chosen any number of ways to save us. But He sent His Son, Jesus, t...
graceDecember 18, 2024
“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...
hypocrisyDecember 17, 2024
Ya’ll know I tend to write what is on my heart. It’s what helps me drive the content I send each morning. Well, a couple weeks ago I got frustrated and said something pretty “off color” and it really ate me up for a few days…I know you’ve done it too, we all have. You ever stopped and thought abo...
sinDecember 16, 2024
You ever get the feeling sometimes that when we sin, that God has left you? Like the feeling you had when you were a kid and you got in trouble with your parents and they punished you and during that moment you felt like they have left you? I have for sure. But the thing is, that feeling that our...
surrenderDecember 13, 2024
I want to wrap up this week by simply saying, “Quit driving, let God have the wheel!”Look, I’ve talked about this many times before, but God continues to show me time and time again that He is in control, not me. No matter how many times I pray for something to happen or I try and drive a situati...
faith-in-trialsDecember 12, 2024
“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”Jeremiah 29:7 God didn’t put you where you are by mistake. He doesn’t make mistakes. When we believe in our hearts God is good and that His though...
integrityDecember 11, 2024
I have to say, the National news of late has done a lot to prove the point I often make about the erosion of faith and integrity in our country and people in general. So, I got to digging and recalled an article I shared five years ago titled, “The ungrateful American”. The article was triggered...
perseveranceDecember 10, 2024
Still rolling with James…“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.”James 1:12 As we’ve talked about staying true to our faith under hard times and how that will build perse...
wisdomDecember 9, 2024
Alright, so you are probably asking yourself, after Friday’s message, “how exactly am I supposed to stay rejoicing during these hard times?” Well, I hear you and I get it. James is telling us to rejoice during our times of struggle because this faith produces perseverance. The Bible teaches us th...
trialsDecember 6, 2024
Aight, look here. We all know people who are going through a rough season in their life…it’s seems like this time of year especially. Heck, you may be too.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 inevitably go through...
peaceDecember 5, 2024
So I’ve been reading and writing about “finding peace” off and on since I started this devotional group in 2018. To me, it is one of the most essential parts of my relationship with Christ. My vision of Jesus, in part, is peace. But I want to revisit a phrase that young students in seminary schoo...
gods-loveDecember 4, 2024
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...
freedom-in-christDecember 3, 2024
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh a...
addiction-recoveryDecember 2, 2024
December already? That was quick…but let’s get into it. Look, I get it, we all need to feel a reconnection with God and with people after we have done something wrong or been through a difficult circumstance. But if we don’t find that bond, we will try and comfort ourselves with something else, a...
stillnessNovember 29, 2024
Short and sweet for this Friday after I’ve eaten way too much…“Be still and know”. This is from the Psalm of King David. Psalm 46:10-11“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our for...
spiritual-transformationNovember 28, 2024
Disclaimer on today’s devotional. One day gluttony doesn’t count today… “But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt throu...
peaceNovember 27, 2024
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."”John 16:33 It’s been over two years now of treatments and I found myself slipping in and out what I call my “peace” or “serenity” yesterday while I...
faithNovember 26, 2024
So, will we always see the result of the work we’ve done by witnessing to others and being there when they need us the most? Most certainly not. But that shouldn’t discourage us from being there and sharing the Gospel. You see, we never really know how God is using us, we just need to have faith...
discipleshipNovember 25, 2024
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”Matthew 28:19 So let talk about these blessing we’ve been given. I got to thinking more about why, at certain times, we feel we are blessed more than others. And by “ot...
purposeNovember 22, 2024
Giving my current unique circumstances, I am wondering if I’m doing enough. Not enough by way of treatment, this isn’t a cancer thing, but enough by way of am I doing enough with what I have left. God has blessed me with certain skills, traits and talents. Am I using them correctly, efficiently?...
gods-protectionNovember 21, 2024
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...
friendshipNovember 20, 2024
Hold on to those friendships. A true friend is a blessing. 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 times in which we are living. In the book of Ecclesia...