“And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.” (Deuteronomy 6:5-6 NLT) My sense is that even if we know this command when we first respond to Christ’s invitation toContinue reading “Learning to Love God”
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Remember Whose You Are
“Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask Him!” (Matthew 6:8 NLT) *Please drink deeply from the depths of the Living Water offered in these timely words of Sylvia Gunter. Used with permission. Blessings, Ed) I don’t know your story and you don’t know mine, but weContinue reading “Remember Whose You Are”
When We’re Not Aware
“She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, be she didn’t recognize Him.” (John 20:14 NLT) When I was in high school my friend and I attended a presentation at a school we’d never been to, just walking along talking as we made our way to the front doors. As weContinue reading “When We’re Not Aware”
Humility
“When they arrived he declared, ‘You know that from the day I set foot in the province of Asia until now I have done the Lord’s work humbly and with many tears. I have endured the trials that came to me from the plots of the Jews.’” (Acts 20:18-19 NLT) Recently a friend sent meContinue reading “Humility”
A New School Prayer
“Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may Your name be kept holy. May Your Kingdom come soon. May Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us today the food we need, and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us. And don’t let usContinue reading “A New School Prayer”
Are You Radically Christian?
“God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing.” (Ephesians 2:10 NCV) While visiting in another country I was privileged to speak with men of God who had far less than me materially, but whoContinue reading “Are You Radically Christian?”
The Cost of Following Jesus
“Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not fromContinue reading “The Cost of Following Jesus”
What Causes Your Joy to Grow?
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.” (Matthew 13:44 NLT) Every morning, I pray for my brothers and sisters in Christ who live in the shadowsContinue reading “What Causes Your Joy to Grow?”
One Upmanship Is Never Appropriate for a Jesus Follower
“But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in Me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone hung around your neck.” (Mark 9:42 NLT) We too often race through verses like the one above believing they have no applicationContinue reading “One Upmanship Is Never Appropriate for a Jesus Follower”
Forgetting Who the Real Enemy Is
“Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are My followers. And many will turn away from Me and betray and hate each other.” (Matthew 24:10 NLT) In Matthew 24 Jesus is outlining the things that will happen in the last days before His return.Continue reading “Forgetting Who the Real Enemy Is”
Walking With Jesus 