Our Hope Is In Jesus
Our hope is not in who sits in the Oval Office, but in Who sits on the throne in heaven. Our hope is not in who governs us on earth, but in Who reigns and rules over the entire universe. Our hope is not in what laws are passed, but in the One Who has written His law...
You Are Simply Outmatched By The Grace Of God
You are simply outmatched by the grace of God. Yes, there are days when the odds are stacked against you. There are moments when your sin gets the best of you. There are seasons when the challenges and choices of life confuse you. There are people who most...
Comparison Is A Game We Do Not Have To Play
An ongoing struggle that all of us experience is comparing ourselves and our lives to other people. It shows up as we measure our appearance, finances, intellect, popularity, achievements, opportunities and so forth to someone else’s. Regardless of whether we...
I’m A Believer
I’m a believer. I believe that Jesus is Who the Bible says He is and did what the Bible says He did. I believe He can be trusted without hesitation or reservation. I believe He reigns over my life for good. I believe His kingdom will last forever. I believe...
God Took Our Sin Seriously; We Should Too
Since God took your sin seriously enough to send Jesus to be crushed on the cross in your place, you should take it seriously enough to make war against it instead of making excuses for it. Start your day confessing your sin to God and confessing your need for God to...
Time Well Spent
Every single grain of sand that falls in the hourglass of your life is a gift from God to be used for good. You can’t regain or recycle what has been used. You can’t get more than what remains. You can’t be sure when the last grain will fall. The days are long,...
He Will Finish What He Started
In a world of seemingly endless uncertainties, there is something that we can be absolutely sure of: God will finish what He started in us. There is zero chance He will fail. God has begun a good work in us, and He will work all things together for good to ensure...
This Life Is Not All There Is
One of the enemy’s biggest deceptions is convincing us to live as if this life is all there is. It’s the cause for the fear of missing out, the fear of sacrificial service and the fear of death. It’s the reason so many strive to build their own kingdoms instead of...
There Is An Order To Love
Love both sums up all of God’s commandments and gives us the motivation to obey those commandments. But only when we love rightly. All the sins of all the people in all the world are the result of loving wrongly. Augustine described sin as “disordered love”. Or...
Trusting That God Knows What He’s Doing
Why are some things hard? Why are some things easy? Why are some things ongoing? Why are some things abrupt? Why are some things present? Why are some things absent? Because God knows best what to allow into our lives, how intensely they should be experienced,...
