Count the Cost (Inspired by Anina McArthur’s Proud to Be Humble devotional) “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9 NIV What price are you willing to pay just to be right? Oftentimes the cost is too high but we allow our pride to take front and center. Truth be told I...
This is a good time for divine order, a time to take care of issues that you have put off because they seem to be overwhelming. But, the longer you procrastinate, the worse it will get. Rise up and do what you know must be done so that you can begin a time of progression...
Leave the BUTs Behind “The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever.” Psalms 121:7-8 NLT My friends, I’ve said it before and it’s worth repeating—Your “up-look”determines your “outlook”. No matter what you’re going through or what you...
Luke 2:12 And you will recognize him by this sign: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in strips of cloth, lying in a manger.” NLT Hope you have a wonderful Christmas Celebration!
Lukewarm Affiliation (Excerpts and inspiration from Mike Paalz’s, Keeping God At Arm’s Length devotional) If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for Me, you will find it. Matthew 10:39 NLT “There is no ‘best of both worlds’ scenario where our salvation is concerned.” In other words,...
Phil 2:9-11 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. NLT Stay faithful and focused
Guilt and Shame (Excerpts and inspiration from Mike Paalz’s, Keeping God At Arm’s Length devotional) “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.” 1...
Stay connected to Me. Walk with Me, and I will lead you and guide you into that which I have for you. You will not be able to safely navigate the spiritual landscape of this season without My help (Burns). Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy...
By No Goodness of Our Own (Inspired by Mike Paalz’s devotional, Keeping God At Arm’s Length) “This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they...
