It’s a rat race out there. Fast-paced, hectic, demanding. It strains us, it pulls at us, it takes from us. Life is moving all too fast. It wasn’t like that two weeks ago, though, at least for my family. We were in Africa, back where I grew up. It was slow-paced and highly relational. ...
Freedom is something we fight for everyday. I’m not speaking of eternal freedom. I’m not speaking of salvific freedom. For those who are in Christ, we belong to the family of God and will never be plucked out. We are eternally free! But even though we are saved and our eternal hope is ...
Voices are everywhere. We have countless conversations throughout our days and those conversations inevitably leave voices ringing in our heads. Maybe they said something encouraging and those words breathe life into us. Or maybe they said something tremendously hurtful and that voice rings in ...
We all work and we all labor. Maybe some of us don’t work standard 8 to 5 jobs every day, but we all labor. Some of us work for an oil and gas company 8 to 5. Some of us work ALL DAY parenting children. Some of us labor at keeping our Twitter follower count up. Some of us work to keep our ...
Of all the challenges in America today, it seems our sense of identity is perhaps the greatest. There are few of us, if any, who don’t struggle with it. We live with the tension of a life viewed through lenses different than our Creator’s. In the process, we bear the fruit of this. We ...
We do not know who we are because we do not inquire of the Lord. Take King Saul, for example. When Saul was to be announced as King of Israel, he is nowhere to be found. The people of the town look high and low for him and he is discovered hiding among the baggage. So they inquired again of the ...
If you are a follower of Jesus, bought with the precious blood of Christ, then you have been given a brand new identity. Whatever sin and life style you used to walk in is no longer the banner truth that defines who you are. You certainly still have to fight against sin and you may still struggle ...
I often make up spontaneous songs about my daughter. I just can’t help it. It’s probably a daily occurrence. My love for that precious little girl is often inadequately expressed in anything other than spontaneous singing. I express my delight in my little girl with lyric and melody. ...
How do you react to feedback or criticism? How do you react when someone points out a weakness they see in you? How do you respond when someone gives you a stern rebuke for your performance or for a sinful attitude you had. If you are anything like me, one of these responses will easily begin to ...
