Overcoming the World

When we profess our faith in Jesus, we choose to follow God. That also puts a target on our back. We become an enemy to satan. He will seek to tempt us to wander away from God and follow worldly ways. 1 Peter 5:6-10 reminds us to humble ourselves before God and cling to Him. […]

Your Psalm of Praise

I was reading Psalm 150 and was struck by its exuberance, its effervescent praise that rises up to the heavens. Then I wondered what that might look like in our daily life. What follows is my variation of Psalm 150 to encourage you to incorporate praises to God in your daily routine: Praise the LORD! […]

Prayer Journal—Deep Love

In this humbled, lowered position; in the darkest night; in the loneliest places—this is where I find the deepest part of your love, a limitless love. A love so deep. A love that never humiliates, but only seeks what’s best for me. A love that never fails, but constantly seeks to build me up. Dear […]

Sunday Praise

Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones;Praise is becoming to the upright.Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre;Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.Sing to Him a new song;Play skillfully with a shout of joy.For the word of the LORD is upright,And all His work is done in […]

Choosing the Lie Over Life

They heard the good news about Jesus’ resurrection. They heard His preaching on salvation. They saw Him in person, yet they remained stubborn, refusing to accept Jesus as the son of God. Instead, they chose to promote a lie. When some of the guards return from Jesus’ tomb after His resurrection to report to the […]

What Follows Betrayal

It was something you told a trusted friend in confidence and now everyone knows about it. Perhaps someone close to you has hurt you in irreversible ways. Maybe a trust was broken causing immense emotional harm. What do we do when someone close to us betrays us? The apostles certainly experienced betrayal when Judas appeared […]

Prayer Journey—New Life

And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. – John 20:6-7, NASB Praise God that Jesus removed the vail of […]

Sunday Praise

And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him. Then Jesus *said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and take word to My […]

The World Seeks to Sift You

Have you ever looked back on a missed opportunity to share your faith in Jesus with regret? There they were asking pointed questions about Jesus and you backed down out of fear. It’s a feeling that helps us in some way relate to Peter’s denial in Mark 14:66-72 where he feels deep remorse and weeps. […]

Insult to Injury

At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”- Mark 15:33-34, NLT When you feel forsaken, mocked by others, know that Jesus has felt the same feeling. […]