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June 11, 2025
We’ve talked about having Faith for the past couple of days now and I’d like to wrap up how we exercise that Faith in overcoming our troubles and fears through fellowship with others. When was the last time you shared your fears and struggles with a close friends? You see, we were designed to go...
faith-vs-beliefJune 10, 2025
So I made the comment yesterday that, “Believing is not Faith”. I’m confident of this and I believe that, while related, they are drastically different. Faith is not believing in God’s goodness only when we are out of the storm; faith is believing in God’s goodness right in the middle of it. The...
anxietyJune 9, 2025
Are we addressing the real issues in our anxiety over what the future holds? Is our anxiety a product of not knowing what the future holds? I submit to you that we are anxious because WE are trying to control what happens and not truly giving our lives to God to navigate. We may “believe” he has...
heart-renewalJune 6, 2025
So, as I think about letting God restart my heart, I am asking myself, “a restart is from what exactly?”Well, for me I think it is understanding that my understanding and thoughts about any situation I am facing is nowhere near as perfect as God’s thoughts...“For my thoughts are not your thoughts...
sufferingJune 5, 2025
“And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”1 Peter 5:10 I love this verse from Peter. You see, Peter is telling us that all Christians are going to suffer and i...
gods-sovereigntyJune 4, 2025
“remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'”Isaiah 46:9-10I don’t know about y...
freedom-from-pastJune 3, 2025
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."”Revelation 21:4 I’m going to keep this simple today because the point I want is simple. When you are in Christ, your p...
gods-knowledgeJune 2, 2025
Almost everyday I like to look back at what I wrote and what we were talking about in the past years. It’s hard to believe I’ve been at this now since 2018. I am still humbled by the fact that you’re still here. Amazing really...so thank you. Anyhow, this is a throwback to five years ago. I remem...
happinessMay 29, 2025
“When I stopped letting my situation define my happiness, I began to find happiness in my situation.”You see, if you don’t give people or situations permission to steal your happiness, they can’t take it. It’s pretty simple I think and we visited it last week. I want to go back there for a bit. E...
humilityMay 28, 2025
I think at some level we all struggle with pride and have a hard time with humility. I know I do, at certain times more than others. How do you grow in humility? I know of two ways. One of them is hard and the other one sucks. The first and hard one, is to value humility so much that you develop...
identity-in-christMay 27, 2025
Ask yourself this, what is your identity? People mostly answer that question with a title. I’m a mom. I’m a dad. A golfer, racer, vegan, cross fitter, husband or wife...whatever. But that’s not necessarily your identity. It’s regarding the world but what about your identity in Christ? Well, you’r...
life-without-jesusMay 26, 2025
What would your life look like without Jesus? I don’t know if you think about that, but I think about it often. I cringe at the thought of what my life would be without Jesus. I’m sure my heart would be cold because I felt it headed that way when I met Christ. I’d probably be pretty lonely. I may...
forgivenessMay 23, 2025
Welp, we made it another week! Let’s take the weekend and think about forgiveness. It’s not that I’m saying we don’t forgive, I just think we can all use a reminder as we part for a couple of day about the one thing that is the essence of who we are...forgiveness. You see, God loves you! And he k...
following-jesusMay 22, 2025
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”Philippians 2:3-4 What are we doing here? What is reading the Bible, prayer, and Christianity all a...
gods-graceMay 21, 2025
We’ve been doing this since sometime in 2018. I know I’ve written le about 1615 devotionals. I don’t think that’s all of them because I’m sure I’ve accidentally deleted some and reused some…but I digress. In the beginning, I use to sign off our devotionals with God is greater than me. (God > Me)...
gods-loveMay 20, 2025
I had a great conversation yesterday with a buddy and they were asking me about my journey and how I am where I am and how I got here...his questions gave me reason to reflect on God’s grace he’s shown me. “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”Rom...
sufferingMay 19, 2025
Like you, I’ve gone through sufferings and hard times and I will again I’m sure. But are we rejoicing in our sufferings?Here’s a great quote by CS Lewis, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” “Not only t...
justificationMay 16, 2025
Ah…the weekend is here. I’ve been thinking the last couple of days about the journey we have been on together and some of the topics I’ve chased down rabbit holes. Not that I think they’re necessarily bad topics or irrelevant, I just think it’s good to get back to center. Level set, if you will....
courageMay 15, 2025
“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 Some people seem to play life so safe against risk that they have little or no strength left to pursue their dreams and accomplish thei...
trialsMay 14, 2025
As I sit here this morning reading and wondering what we will talk about, my mind continues to slip to Monday’s surgery and how this has seemingly drug on forever…mainly because I still feel it. But the thing is, I’m not complaining. Probably because I’ve learned that this is all part of my story...
godly-counselMay 13, 2025
As I’ve grown older and I hope wiser, I’ve learned quite a few things that I couldn’t have accepted when I was younger and more stupid. One of the most glaringly things, obvious to me now, is I could never have gotten where I am today both professionally and personally without the help and counse...
gods-purposeMay 12, 2025
As I head in the pre-op this morning, I want you to know I believe in something very simple. Regardless of your age or current phase of life, God isn’t done with us yet. Despite our sometimes dissatisfaction of where we are in our life currently, God has us right where He wants us for a reason. L...
mind-transformationMay 9, 2025
Ok, I’m going to “get real” for a minute. Too often I allow myself to think in ways that lead me to act contrary to God’s Word. What exactly do I mean? Simple, I like you maybe, can easily get caught up in what the world around me says is ok and acceptable. What is “normal” these days is hard to...
prayerMay 8, 2025
How often do you find yourself picking up the phone and calling close friends, colleagues, family, etc. when you have a big decision to make? If you’re like me, probably a lot…Crazy to think sometimes the last thing we do when we face obstacles is consult God’s Word. We turn to other people for a...