If you are struggling with how to live your life, and you are looking for answers, look for them in Jesus, not in rules for living. Finding a good set of rules to try to attain righteousness instead of finding the power of Jesus, raised from the dead, seated in the throne of my heart by His Spirit, is like […]
Demanding righteous behavior from others is not nearly as effective at changing the world as demanding it from ourselves.
Humility is not looking down on yourself – it is not looking at yourself. The place in which you may expect to receive much grace, which you will need desperately if you are serving people, is in the humble place. Sometimes your authority to be in charge of a situation is not noticed by the people nearby, but is still […]
When Israelis looked at Matthew, they saw a traitor, who was destroying the prosperity of his countrymen, and empowering their enemies to use their resources to abuse them. When Jesus looked at Matthew, at the time he was guilty of the charges of his fellow citizens, He saw one who would record His words, “All authority has been given to […]
Self-help resources that leave us as the answer to our needs have failed us, even if they happen to improve our life. Self-help that succeeds at adding value to our lives is help that moves us to Holy Spirit-help. Once David and his gang of mighty men did some mercenary work for a couple of kings, and when they returned […]
Lord, You have been our refuge in every generation. Before the mountains were born, before You gave birth to the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, You are God. (Psalm 90:1-2 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©)
It is a serious insult to our “good news” that members of ISIS or the Taliban are more devoted to a demon they call “Allah” (“god”) than we are to the Creator of all that is and the Redeemer of all that has been reclaimed through His blood. Repeatedly, we are called to the level of devotion to Jesus that […]
I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day He was taken up, after He had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen. After He had suffered, He also presented Himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during 40 days and […]
We have been given a conscience so that we will hate evil. One problem, however, is that it cannot always discern what is evil. It prompts us to know that there is evil, but doesn’t empower us to tell evil from good. One person’s conscience will give one reading of a certain situation, another’s will give a completely different reading. […]
Muriel Lester said, “Hunt for self-pity as you would hunt for lice.” Lice are difficult to eradicate because they are small and hidden. Lice combs are fine combs that are for dragging through hair to scrape lice eggs off the hair. The dread and loathing and intent for destruction that a person suffering from a lice infestation would employ is […]