Freedom in Transparency (Excerpts and inspiration from Underneath the Surface by Nina Jones) “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other…the earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” James 5:16 NLT “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into...
Love—A Splendid Thing “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never...
It’s All Good! (Excerpts and inspiration from Underneath the Surface by Nina Jones) “A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.” Proverbs 14:30 NIV Yes, it’s human nature. “We see someone else’s success – their relationships, their talents, the things we wish we had ourselves – and suddenly our...
The More You Know “So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 NLT This one is worth repeating. You may have seen NBCUniversal’s television commercials where different news anchors and stars...
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...
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...
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...
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...
If You Could Only Imagine (Excerpts and inspiration from Carlos Santiago’s Take Up Your Cross devotional) “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your...
Same Game, Same Tricks—Don’t Fall for It (Inspiration and excerpts from Carlos Santiago – Take Up Your Cross devotional) “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 NIV “Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to...
