Latest Devotions
Don’t Ration Your Love
It is easy to love someone when they are at their best, kind, warm, and gracious to everyone around them. But what happens when you watch that same person be…
Don’t Be Done With Them
We live in an age of instant everything. Fast answers, fast delivery, and fast outrage have become the water we swim in. So when a person tests us, our first…
Who Gets the Glory When You Give?
We are trained to keep score. Do a favor, and quietly expect one back. Give a gift, and watch to see if the gesture is returned. Even our generosity can slip…
Living in the Power of a Cleansed Record
Colossians 2:14 says, “He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.” Think about that for a moment.
Chosen Before the Beginning
Before you were born, before you made a single decision or took your first breath, God already had a plan for your life. That plan wasn’t formed in reaction.
The Joy That Anchors You
Ask people what joy looks like and most will describe a good day. Everything went right, the news was pleasant, nobody let them down. But that is happiness…
Praying for What You Cannot Reach
Most of us feel the weight of things we cannot fix. A wandering child, a broken marriage down the street, a nation that seems to be pulling further from God…
Holiness That Draws You Near
Holiness has an image problem. For many people, the word calls up a cold list of rules, a religious frown, someone trying very hard to look better than every…
Never Give Up: Advancing God’s Kingdom One Step at a Time
In Nehemiah 4:6, the people of God worked with enthusiasm to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, completing half the task because they were driven by a heart to do God’s work.
Led by the Spirit, Freed from the Flesh
Each day brings a quiet struggle within us. We want to do what’s right, to forgive, to stay patient, to resist temptation…
His Fingerprints on the World
Something happens when we stand at the edge of the ocean or watch the sun sink behind the mountains. We fall quiet. Deep down, we sense that we are small and…
The Cross Needs No Polish
There’s a deep temptation in the modern world to make faith impressive, to dress up the gospel in polished words, clever arguments, or emotional appeal.
The Wisdom We Cannot Manufacture
We live in the age of the expert. For every decision, whether what to build, where to invest, or how to lead, there is a course to buy, a consultant to hire…
Make Disciples, One Life at a Time
We love the word go. We plan trips, chase goals, and move fast through our busy days. Yet when it comes to the one assignment Jesus left His church, many of…
Loving God Through the Silence
In our walk with God, it’s easy to love Him when He answers our prayers the way we hope, when He grants our desires, and when life seems to fall into place.