Reaching Across the Aisle
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34–35, esv It turns out that loving Jesus is the easy […]
Friends Who Hold You Down
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. . . 2 Samuel 12:1a, esv Here’s an uncomfortable thought: A genuine friend will restrain or correct you at times. Not only does a biblical friend hold you up when you stumble, but that friend also holds you down when you stray. We stumble under the heavy pressures […]
Friends Who Hold You Up
David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. And Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God. And he said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find […]
Deeper in Prayer
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” Luke 18:13, esv Two guys go into the temple . . . That’s how one of Jesus’ parables from Luke 18 begins. Now neither one of these […]
Do You Still Want It?
When Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed”? John 5:6, esv Far be it from me to find fault with Jesus’ bedside manner, but . . . “Do you want to be healed?” doesn’t seem the most […]
The Warrior Mindset
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. 1 Peter 4:1–2, ESV Suffering […]
Paradigm Shift on Prosperity
WATCH Paradigm Shift on Prosperity Psalm 73 Having doubts isn’t the problem. Letting your view of life be shaped only by what you see is. When your perspective is off, everything looks wrong… God, forgive us for our faulty thinking. Let’s bring those doubts into His presence and develop better thoughts. Worship the […]
Within Your Jurisdiction
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:1–2, esv Doesn’t it seem like everybody knows this verse? Especially that first phrase. People who don’t even believe in God’s Word quote this one […]
In the Trenches
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came (Matthew 4:1–3a, esv). Faith is as practical as you can get. It’s not ivory tower, abstract, feel-good thinking. Faith is for real life […]
The Clarity of What (Part 2)
WATCH The Clarity of What (Part 2) Psalm 90 The capacity to truly delight is forged in the furnace of affliction. But two things are certain: You will face trials, and God will be with you through them. While everything around us is changing so rapidly, let’s return to Psalm 90 and the […]