Cease Striving

By ceasing our striving for righteousness through our own actions, we can rest in the knowledge that as believers in Jesus we are heirs to God’s righteousness.

The Motives Behind Faith

What is your motivation for following Jesus? Is it for personal gain, or is it driven by devotion to Him? People can profess loyalty, a belief in Jesus, but their actions express something else. Jesus saw this played out in the temple. “And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep […]

Teaching the Gospel by Living It

Ezra taught by also living out his faith: “For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. “ – Ezra 7:10 (NASB).

Preparing for Battle in Times of Peace

The time to prepare for battle is not when the enemy shows up at your door with a million soldiers—twice what you have in your army. In 2 Chronicles 14:9, “Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came to Mareshah.” Asa is King […]

For All People

In 1 Kings 8 Solomon is dedicating the just completed temple to God. A great assembly is gathered “from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God (1 Kings 8:65).” The priests have “brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary […]

Only What You Need

God wants us to learn to trust him to provide, to wait on Him. He wants us to shed our wants and focus on what we really need.

Broadcasting Our Devotion

My roommate religiously watched his favorite television shows each week. He was so devoted to his television that he structured his weekly schedule around the weekly broadcast schedule of each episode.