Unconditional Obedience

The preaching was powerful. People were coming to Christ, and yet God called him to leave it behind to pursue one man. It doesn’t make sense to me, yet that’s what he asked Philip to do. In Acts 8:25-40, Philip is heading back to Jerusalem and “preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans […]

Just a Touch

Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. – Matthew 9:36, NASB There’s that pain deep inside of you that has tormented you for years. You’ve pursued so many things to find relief, but the pain remains. Your soul longs for something that you […]

Prayer Journal—Teach Me

Only you can fill me with an eternal love that will not fail. Give me a heart for you dear God. Defend me and protect me from anything that will distract me from filling myself with you love. Help me to spread your love to others. Heal me from the pain of the past that […]

Sunday Praise

The LORD is my strength and my shield;My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;Therefore my heart exults,And with my song I shall thank Him. – Psalm 28:7, NASB

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 […]