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October 1, 2021
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...
forgivenessSeptember 30, 2021
In keeping with forgiveness, nobody ever suggested forgiving would be easy. I certainly didn’t and I’m not saying it is, because it’s not. But God challenges us by giving us the ability to forgive. But at the same time, it is one of the hardest things He asks us to do. But you can learn to forgiv...
forgivenessSeptember 29, 2021
1You ever heard someone say, “that person’s hurt me so many times there’s no way I could ever forgive them”? I have...I may have thought it a time or two as well. Maybe you have? “Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against...
worrySeptember 28, 2021
So, another one of the members of this group (new one actually) is going through cancer as well. We actually had a great conversation about worrying and how it can creep into out heads. You know me, I had to go write about…"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will ea...
perseveranceSeptember 27, 2021
It’s go tome today! I’ve dreaded this day for a while, but I’m ready. In preparation for today I’ve been reading through almost 3 years of my devotionals I’ve written, seeing how I/we got here, and came across this one from 2018. I love it, so it’s worth rereading. I hope you don’t mind...This li...
faith-testingSeptember 24, 2021
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...
prayerSeptember 23, 2021
So, I think it’s safe to say we all pray in some capacity for something, right? I would also think it’s fair to say that we are waiting for God to answer our prayers. We are constantly searching for that answer and to “hear” Gods answers for us. But here’s the thing; God isn’t the problem when it...
wordsSeptember 22, 2021
Let’s roll over hump day with a thought about the words that come out of our mouths. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.”Proverbs 18:21 ESVYou see, words can be the fruit of our thought and our hearts and can be used to encourage and lift up...
gods-powerSeptember 21, 2021
We serve a BIG GOD! What does this mean? It means God will work His purposes in your life even when people say He is not supposed to do it. It means in the midst of your darkest hour God will perform the miracle everyone deems impossible. It’s happened to me. God is going to do it when all of hel...
lonelinessSeptember 20, 2021
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...
disappointmentSeptember 17, 2021
Ever feel like you could just scream or punch something? Yeah, me too! Man, sometimes life and people will disappoint you, let you down and just have you shaking your head...happened to me yesterday. Oh, and don’t think I took it too well either. After ranting for a while (like it would make a di...
salvationSeptember 16, 2021
“Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."”John 3:3 Jesus is telling us how we get to Heaven. You see, Christianity, in a sense, is about new beginnings. If we are not prepared to make a fresh start each day, putting the mistakes...
faithSeptember 15, 2021
“Sometimes we just have to trust God enough to go even when we don’t have all the answers.” -Tim TebowSo as a UGA fan, I didn’t care for him when he played, but I certainly admire his commitment to the Gospel and believe he’s a faithful servant. To that point, he’s right in what I quoted above an...
hopeSeptember 13, 2021
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”Joshua 1:8 We are talking about hope and yo...
trustSeptember 9, 2021
It’s been a long week and I’ve enjoyed our readings and have had some good conversations springing up from them. One of which came up this week about trust. It came up in the context of one of you said, “I can count on and trust you sending the morning devotional.” That has sat on me a while and...
judgmentSeptember 8, 2021
“A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.”Proverbs 18:2 How quick do you judge others? How often do you feel misunderstood? If I’m honest, I’d say for me, quite a bit on both...Look, no one likes to be misunderstood, yet we often make faulty judgments of peop...
hopeSeptember 7, 2021
Have you been praying for something for a long time and it hasn’t happened yet? I think at times we all have. Look, we all know that life isn't always easy, I dig it. And more so for a Christian who wants to live a life contrary to the world's philosophies. Sometimes it is tempting to throw in th...
patienceSeptember 1, 2021
I have been forced to learn a lot about myself this year and one of the things I’ve learned is I need to get better with patience. Not only with life but mostly with people! I always thought I was a relatively patient person until I started trying to really learn what it meant to be patient...evi...
humilityAugust 31, 2021
I’m sure many of you have heard of C.S. Lewis. He was a prominent 20th century theologian who said, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less.” I bring it up because I’ve been thinking about what I am seeing in the Media and how we’ve become so PC these days. Everyo...
gossipAugust 30, 2021
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...
humilityAugust 19, 2021
How humble do you think you are? Are you prideful and boastful? I ask because God is close to the humble and broken hearted. No one is perfect. We all have sinned. But what makes us beloved to God is our willingness to accept our sinful condition and return to Him. You see, David was a man after...
faithAugust 18, 2021
So we’ve been talking about gratitude off and on all year and while it’s always a great topic and one we need to continue to be intentional about, I want to shift gears a little bit. Why? Well, because I want to talk about something else, like faith! I’ve been having to lean on my faith a lot lat...
gratitudeAugust 17, 2021
I was talking with my cousin Sunday and we were talking about what comes out of our mouths and what people see. “Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”Proverbs 16:24 Ok, let’s get real for today and do some self reflecting. What do the people around yo...
gods-planAugust 16, 2021
When we talk about our struggles and how we are just trying to get through “it” aren’t we really just talking about how we are to deal with God’s NO? I mean think about most of the disappointments you’ve experienced. Probably the one thing they all had in common is they didn’t fit into your plan...