Two Week Sabbatical
Hey there, finishers! Jimmy here. I'm away for a two week sabbatical with Paula and will not post weekday devotions here again until we return. Until then, check out my shorter daily posts on our Facebook page at https://www.Facebook.com/FinishLineFaith/ And keep an...
It’s Okay To Not Be Okay – Part 2
The smartest thing you can do when you find yourself feeling overpowered, overwhelmed or overloaded is to ask for help. If it’s more than you can handle alone, that’s God’s way of saying He doesn’t want you to handle it alone.
It’s Okay To Not Be Okay – Part 1
It is our mutual obligation to “bear one another’s burdens” by asking for care when we are in a place of need, and giving care when we are in a position to meet needs. This is God’s design for us. This is how God works through us. This is how God provides for us.
Battles, Fighting And Armor – Part 2
And if you go down, go down swinging, knowing that there is grace for every lost fight because you are trusting in Jesus, and Jesus has dealt a knockout punch to sin, Satan and death for you. You will rise again to fight again and win in the end. Because of grace we don’t give up in our fight against our spiritual enemies; by grace we get up and fight on!
Battles, Fighting And Armor – Part 1
The warfare comes in many different forms, but the endgame is always the same: to convince us to live as if we do not need God. Therefore, let us fight like our lives depend upon us depending on Him. Because. They. Do.
Lifeopoly, Part 2
There is grace for our every roll, every turn, every landing space until this game is over, and it all goes back into the box. Then, Eternal-Lifeopoly begins. In which there are no bad spaces to land. And every player gets fullness of joy and pleasure forevermore with God.
Lifeopoly, Part 1
The only way to handle all of the tough landing spaces in this broken, sin-stained world is to go to Jesus. Go directly to Jesus. There is unbelievable grace available for every unsettling thing you face.
Are You Confident? Jesus Offers Assurance.
You’re not going to get this right all the time, so don’t let your assurance rise and fall on your fluctuating faith, desire and effort. There will be ups and downs, steadfastness and stumbles, progress and detours, but true believers will persevere because God finishes what He starts in our lives.
What We Believe Changes Us
What we believe – negatively or positively, rightly or wrongly, godly or worldly – will always shape what we value and how we live. When we believe the message of the gospel more fully in more areas of our lives, we are transformed into people who…
When Trials Come
Take heart! While it may feel like trials are breaking you today, you can be sure that God is building you up through them in ways that are going to be amazingly good in the days to come.
