“In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.” (Ephesians 2:12 NLT) Hopelessness is like looking into the future and seeing onlyContinue reading “When Life Seems Hopeless”
Monthly Archives: May 2024
Have You Found Your Calcutta
“He died for everyone so that those who receive His new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.” (2 Corinthians 5:15 NLT) Many people across our world recognize the name Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic Nun who devoted her life to servingContinue reading “Have You Found Your Calcutta”
God Has Given You a Voice
“If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14 NLT) You were born for such a time as this!Continue reading “God Has Given You a Voice”
Messages From the Cross
“Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.’” (Luke 23:34a NLT) Have you ever thought about what kind of person forgives the people who are murdering them? I wrestle with forgiving the people I love over silly things. Only God can forgive that way, and, by His grace and withContinue reading “Messages From the Cross”
Renewing Your Mind
“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” (Romans 12:2 NLT) The result of a renewed mind is holiness or the oppositeContinue reading “Renewing Your Mind”
Transmit or Translate?
“Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about His mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains. Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.” (Colossians 4:3-4 NLT) If you’ve ever traveled to a part of the world that didn’t speakContinue reading “Transmit or Translate?”
Where’s Your Identity?
“Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.” (1 Peter 2:10 NLT) Identity is a very precarious topic these days, and it’s not only related to sexual identity. A friend in another state told me about a young manContinue reading “Where’s Your Identity?”
What’s the Fuss?
“Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others – the armies of heaven – praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.’” (Luke 2:13-14 NLT) As my health deteriorates and the day of my departure from earth comes closer,Continue reading “What’s the Fuss?”
Practical Atheism
“I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. You must not have any other god, but Me.” (Deuteronomy 5:6-7 NLT) Atheism is essentially denying the existence of God or any god, yet there are many professing believers in Jesus who for all intent andContinue reading “Practical Atheism”
Removing the Darkness
“Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!” (Matthew 6:22-23 NLT)Continue reading “Removing the Darkness”
Walking With Jesus 