God’s Value System Is Not What We Expect The Kingdom’s value system is topsy turvy, and Jesus points this out in Mark 12:38-44 (ESV) And in his teaching, he [Jesus] said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in […]
Who Are You Trying to Convince? Stop Chasing Approval
Are you sabotaging yourself by trying to prove to those whose approval you want that you are worthy of that approval? All that striving is doing is building walls. When you try too hard to gain approval, acceptance, or justification, most emotionally healthy people do not move toward you, they pull away. Are you willing […]
Spiritual Readiness Is More Than an Intellectual Exercise
I was invited to an online devotional on Holy Thursday where we were studying Luke 22—the account of the Last Supper and the hours that followed. As I participated in the study, something stood out to me, something I never thought of before and wasn’t discussed in our study What if it was more more […]
Thrive in the Waiting
When Waiting Starts to Wear Us Down Waiting for the fulfilment of God’s promises isn’t easy. I’ve been there more than once. The longer a season stretches out, the more tempting it is to start pulling back. Thoughts begin to creep in. Maybe God forgot. Maybe I didn’t hear Him clearly. Maybe it’s wiser not […]
The Armour of God: Formation, Not Formula
“Did he remember to put on the armour?” “I wonder if he remembered to put on the armour of God when he woke up that morning.” Yes. Someone actually said this to my elder brother shortly after we lost our brother in a car collision that was no fault of his own. You might assume […]
What We Leave Behind: The Heart Behind Our Words
What Moses Chose to Leave Behind The last words someone speaks often show what mattered most to them. Deuteronomy 33:27–29 records the very last words Moses ever spoke over Israel. After forty years of leading, interceding, correcting, and carrying the weight of a nation, his time was closing and h Or at least, the closing […]