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December 12, 2025
When God Says No: Trusting His Perfect Plan
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...
sharing-faithDecember 11, 2025
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-willDecember 10, 2025
You Are Exactly Where God Wants You Right Now
You are exactly where God wants you right now. Contrary to the Meme you saw on your friends feed that tells you otherwise. You see when God is in us, we can trust He is going to get us to the other side. He is going to use the situation you are in for good. Although we sometimes can’t see what or...
courageDecember 8, 2025
Walking on Water: A Journey of Faith and Courage
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.””Joshua 1:9 When I think of being courageous, I think of the story of Peter and his willingness to step over in the storm and walk to Jesus on the...
sufferingDecember 5, 2025
Suffering Happens to All
It’s been a “challenging” week, but one last thing on Job and suffering and let’s ring in the weekend. Job was a tremendously righteous man and suffered greatly. So do we assume that the more righteous we are the more suffering we are to expect? Not necessarily. The large part of Job’s life featu...
humilityNovember 26, 2025
Choosing Humility: Living for Christ Over Self Daily
“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...
trialsNovember 25, 2025
Standing Firm: Finding Courage Through Trials in Christ
I want to stay with Paul in Philippians because I think it’s important to understand how he was using his imprisonments as an advantage to further the message of Christ. “so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righte...
gospel-sharingNovember 21, 2025
Unity in Gospel Sharing: What Really Matters
Hope y’all are ready for the weekend, I sure am…this has been a week. Anyhow, I wanted to touch on a something this morning 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 an...
golden-ruleNovember 19, 2025
Love God, Love Others: The Greatest Commandments
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 others and our relationship...
life-balanceNovember 17, 2025
Finding True Balance Through God's Grace
Ever thought about what it means to have a good balance in your life? Have you ever sought to find it? I’m talking about when we starve ourselves from God’s word and the things He designed for us to utilize our lives for. We too often replace those things with short term, self-fulfilling solution...
prideNovember 14, 2025
The Danger of Believing in Yourself
I had a great conversation recently with one of my friends recently and we were discussing times when we feel like “we got this” and we believe in our own selves and stop relying on God. You see this is caused by or led by Pride, the first sin. Pride tells us that we can do what want and we are e...
peaceNovember 3, 2025
Finding God's Peace in Hard Times
Wow, November already…So, I did me some thinking over the weekend about my daily prayer with God and I’d say the number one thing I ask for is peace. Not much of anything matters to me as much as a sense of peace and serenity that only God can give me. You see, like most everyone, I too have seen...
peaceOctober 31, 2025
Finding Non-Anxious Presence Like Jesus
So I’ve been reading and writing about “finding peace” of and on for a year now. 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 have learned recently about a phrase that young students in seminary school are taught and tha...
restorationOctober 30, 2025
Defined by Hope, Not 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...
freedomOctober 29, 2025
No Condemnation in Christ Jesus
“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...
new-creationOctober 24, 2025
Breaking Free: Leaving Your Old Self Behind
We are new creations in Christ. Time to leave to “old you” behind, discard the old habits and move along in you relationship with Christ. “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...
peaceOctober 23, 2025
Finding Peace in the Middle of Life's Storm
“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 the middle of the fourth quarter in my world and I found myself slipping in and out what I call my “peace” or “serenity” yesterday....
evangelismOctober 21, 2025
Using Your Blessings to Share God's Grace
I have got to tell y’all, the last several days have been great because I’ve had the chance to talk about God’s Grace and Jesus...I love it when this happens!“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...
workOctober 20, 2025
Monday Motivation: Finding Purpose in Your Daily Work
It’s Monday, time to get going and get back to work and tackle this week’s challenges head on. For those retired…well, enjoy. We are very blessed to do what we do. And there are many out there who don’t have the “work” and would love to have to deal with the challenges I mentioned above. “Then he...
gods-peaceOctober 17, 2025
Perfect Peace in Imperfect Times: God Meets Us in Trials
So, what causes us to think God’s peace equals perfection on earth? Our expectations. I read where a pastor once said, “If I’m going to live at peace, I’ve got to surrender my expectation of perfection. Peace isn’t found in a place or in a set of circumstances that are problem free.” Amen, huh?Wh...
gods-faithfulnessOctober 15, 2025
If God Be For Us: Living in Faith and Obedience
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...
friendshipOctober 14, 2025
He Ain't Heavy: The Call to Bear One Another's Burdens
I hope your week is off to a great start. I was driving and listening to my music and an old favorite of mine came on. It reminded me of a devotional I wrote a long time ago and I went to digging for it…I found it and thought it was worth the reboot. Hope you enjoy. From June of 2019;I bet you wo...
humilityOctober 10, 2025
The Secret of True Heroes: Walking in Humility
This past week was somewhat frustrating but at the same time gratifying. You see, somewhere in the crazy journey of mine to grow my relationship with Christ, I think I’m beginning to learn what humility all means. For years I set my sights on accomplishing thing that defined “who” I was...but the...
gratitudeOctober 6, 2025
From Complaining to Gratitude: Transforming Our Words
I want to wrap up this discussion surrounding what comes out of our mouths with the idea of complaining. I’m guilty as charged and no matter how much I try to stop it, I still fail. Good news is God has been working on me and he’s given me an “out” and I’m getting better. Let me elaborate on what...