Parenting
Parenting isn’t easy but it is so relatable to all of life. When we parent from a perspective of humility and remember the incredible grace that we have been given and we remember the way God has overlooked so many of our faults….we will really begin to parent from a Christ-centered perspective.
Unconditional Love of God
When you begin to grasp God’s unconditional love for you…everything changes.
Clenched Hands Versus Open Hands
A mentor once said, “Every morning we wake up and we have a decision to make….we can either approach life like this (and he opened his hands) or like this (and he clenched his hands). In this devotional, I go a bit deeper as I believe awareness of this simple concept can change the way we respond to life.
Here I Am, Send Me
When we TRULY are gripped by grace and are TRULY fixing our eyes on no one and nothing but Jesus our response won’t be to continue in sin, our response will be similar to Isaiah’s response when HE was shown the majesty and mercy of that grace of God. In fact, it isn’t possible to be TRULY gripped by the message of nothing but Jesus and to leave unchanged or to go on abusing grace!
Salvation Belongs to Our Lord
According to Jonah 2:9, salvation belongs to our God from start to finish! It is a wonderful and glorious thing to know that salvation does not depend on us, but is a free gift we need to receive.
I Am the Problem
Be obedient to what God has called you to be (“poor in spirit”, humble, honest about your own failings) and God will use it in powerful ways that you may not even live to see.
Left Hand Turns at Christmas
In this clip, I unpacked the story of the “left hand turns” that Zechariah experienced and how relatable that is to what so many of us face at Christmas.
When the King Stands, No One Sits
The story behind why we stand when the “Hallelujah Chorus” is sung is fairly well-known… but what about the deeper message behind it?