Joshua 7:7 “…If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!” Beyond our victories. Beyond our defeats. Beyond our somewhere-in-the-middles. If we hope to fulfill God’s destiny in our lives, we must refuse to settle for anything less than God’s plan. But sometimes it’s Continue Reading…
Galatians 1:10 “If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” “You don’t have to try so hard; you don’t have to give it all away….You don’t have to try, try, try, try, try….” The lyrics streaming over the radio caught my attention. Continue Reading…
1 Peter 4:10 “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” “The miracle wasn’t that a shepherd boy [David] was able to kill the giant. The miracle was that the shepherd boy who already had Continue Reading…
Psalm 13:1 “How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?” 13:5 “But I trust in your unfailing love….” Unanswered prayer is draining. It saps my energy. It confuses me. Especially when I’m praying for things that appear to be in God’s Continue Reading…
Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders…. Continue Reading…
Psalm 11:1-3 “I’ve already run for dear life straight to the arms of God. So why would I run away now when you say, ‘Run to the mountains; the evil bows are bent…aimed to shoot under cover of darkness at every heart open to God. The bottom’s dropped out of the country; Continue Reading…
2 Timothy 2:13 “If we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.” I recently told someone who worried about being irresponsible, “You couldn’t be irresponsible if you tried. It’s just not in your DNA.” I think the same way about God’s faithfulness. The limitless, unfathomable Creator of Continue Reading…
Job 1:22 “In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.” Satan hurled everything he could to throw Job off track and derail his relationship with God. He will try the same strategies with us… First, Satan sends invaders to kill Job’s servants and steal his livestock. Continue Reading…
Psalm 142:2 “I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble.” Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer! That bids me from a world of care… How incredible to know we have someone who always makes time to hear us. Someone who doesn’t pull out a Continue Reading…
2 Chronicles 15:17 “But the high places were not taken out of Israel….” They did not remove the high places… a frequent commentary about the kings of Israel and Judah. It was a big deal. Failure to remove these Canaanite places of worship became the standard on which the kings Continue Reading…