God uses the consequences of your sins to guide and train you. Think of it like your car’s GPS. When you’re traveling in your car, your GPS tells you which way to go. If you miss a turn, it reroutes you to the next best course. This...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I saw a sign that asked, what works better when it’s broken? The answer was a horse. And I thought, that’s right. An unbroken horse never wins a race. An unbroken horse is never even in a race. And then I thought about that some more....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 4:18-22 / Mark 1:16-20 … When Jesus calls us into His service, this may mean that we are still doing some of the same things, but in new ways and in new places. In a sense, the early disciples weren’t going to change their...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Luke 3:19-20… Herod did a lot of despicable things, but imprisoning John the Baptist was the sin icing on the devil’s food cake, as it were. People who don’t know God might not mind that you are talking rough about sin, unless...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
1 Peter 1:22 says…see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently… Fervently, think about that. When you love someone with a pure heart, and you love them fervently, you will stop at nothing to do what it takes to please...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Living the Jesus life is about being a disciple and making disciples, in all the ups and downs and all arounds of life. Disciples are people. And people have problems, and pain, and everything else. They need to see what your lived out faith looks...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When Jesus said repent and believe the gospel, he was saying that your whole life is about repentance. This is not about beating yourself up all the time, this is about being honest with God. It is a good thing when God helps you see a bad thing....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Christian life can be very hard. And being a witness for Christ can sometimes seem very exhausting. But Christmas reminds us that the Christian life is not just about weeping and bearing our crosses and waging war against sin. It is about...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
1 Peter 3:11 says – let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. Everybody wants peace. But if you want peace, you have to fight. And you also have to surrender. And everyone actually is fighting. And everyone...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
