Follow Me
Follow Me Have you ever felt like you needed to change in order to fit into a group? I remember one morning recently when I went golfing with my brother, who was a member of a country club. When I got to the venue, my brother took one look at what I was wearing and […]
Fight Your Devils
Fight Your Devils In His time on Earth, Jesus regularly encountered evil spirits, and He came out on top every time. So, what can we learn about how to combat evil spirits by studying the actions of Jesus? Luke 4:1-17 tells us the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Immediately after Jesus was baptized, the […]
Resist Temptation
Resist Temptation In the very beginning of the Bible, we are introduced to the primary adversary of it’s story. In the garden, this adversary took on the form of a serpent, but he was not given a name. In fact, throughout the Bible, the authors work hard to not give the satan a name. They […]
Don’t Be Alone
Don’t Be Alone When we read the story of Jesus, we read a story of a Son who loves His Father. The intimacy between the Father and the Son sustains the Son throughout His life. That is why is it so hard to read that Jesus felt abandoned by God on the cross. They existed […]
You Make God Happy
Making God Happy All of us like to be told that we are doing a good job. I get discouraged if I feel that my work is going unnoticed or unappreciated, and I would be a better boss if I would remember to tell my employees that they are doing well more often. So why […]
Motivated to Obey
Motivated by Being Real Jesus was a real man with real parents and real human problems. Deuteronomy 16:16 says that every year, men in Israel celebrate three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. During these events, every man must present himself before the Lord at the chosen […]
Hoping Beats Wishing
Hoping Comes From Faith We’ve all found ourselves stuck in life. Maybe we have a habit that’s beyond a New Year’s Resolution fix. Maybe we’ve gotten a divorce, had a moral failure, or just feel purposeless and want something new. So, the question is: how is a life made new? And the answer is: faith. We […]
Come Boldly to God
Come Boldly to God When we picture the Christmas nativity seen, we picture Mary and Jospeh, Jesus, some shepherd, and three wise men, but the truth is, we don’t actually know that there were three wise men. We just say there were three because they brought three gifts to Jesus’ parents. What we do know is […]