When I started work earlier this year, I struggled with the long hours and intense work. Having been a student pretty much all my life, adjusting to the transition of adulthood was – and still is...
What do you think of when you open your Bible? Is it something like, “Let’s get over and done with?” I don’t know about you, but I’ve caught myself thinking that more times than I’m...
You might be a cell group leader reading this, fretting over that Bible study you have to write by tomorrow, in time for next week. You wonder if it’s just you, or is there anyone else whose...
It’s tempting to think we can “manipulate” God into giving us something better. For example, have you ever prayed these kinds of prayers? Jesus, I have spent so much time on...
And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it...
I haven’t made New Year resolutions in several years. Even as I incline towards being anti-resolutions until I find reason to change my mind, I still have many friends who make their annual...
“Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” But Jonah rose to...
What you give attention to, you grow affection for. I remember writing these words down the moment I heard someone say it. I thought of the two greatest commandments: To love God and to love our...
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. My personal belief is that on December 31st or January 1st, I’m still in the same body, mind and life situation as the day, month or week...