Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
Grace not only equips us to be all that we can be, but to do all that we are called to do. Christians often live a listless lifestyle because they either don’t know or else don’t believe that the actual power of Jesus Christ dwells within them. “You...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
“I don’t like you,” the church member said to me with absolutely no expression on her face. “Why?” I asked. “I don’t know,” she answered. “I haven’t liked you from the moment you arrived at our church.”...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
“I’ve never known what I want to do with my own life,” a young mother said to me at a church where I recently spoke about living our God-given dreams. “I want to fulfill God’s plan for my life, but I can’t figure out what it is. I...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
Our grandson was in our home recently when he opened the closet door in the kitchen. “Jonathan, what are you doing?” Melanie asked him. “I’m looking in the candy closet,” he answered in a matter of fact sort of way. His answer struck me...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
“I know that God has forgiven me, but I just can’t forgive myself,” someone recently said to me after describing a recent period of time in his life when he had made the choice to repeatedly commit the same sin again and again. As Christians always...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
The five year old stood on the window sill, leaning against the glass with her arms stretched out and wearing the kind of smile that is so big it only fits a child. Outside, the rain was pounding, the thunder was exploding and the lightening flashed again and again....
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