DID YOU KNOW “Always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.” —1 Thessalonians 5:15 Did you know that doing good begins with actively looking for someone’s good? When I read Paul’s instruction to the Thessalonians, I notice that he asks for more than avoiding harmful behavior. He tells believers to “seek” whatContinue reading “A Lot of Good in an Ordinary Day”
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Let Your Heart Sit Down, Too
As the Day Ends “But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ Submit yourselves therefore to God.” —James 4:6–7, ESV As evening settles, I sometimes recognize a difference between my outward behavior and my inward response. I may have done what was required while quietlyContinue reading “Let Your Heart Sit Down, Too”
Enough, Even Here
DID YOU KNOW “In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.” — Philippians 4:12 Did you know that Christian contentment is something we learn, rather than something we must already possess? Paul’s words offer encouragement to anyone who struggles with dissatisfaction. He does not claimContinue reading “Enough, Even Here”
Ask Boldly, Trust the Father
DID YOU KNOW “Everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” — Luke 11:10 Did you know that Jesus invites us to bring specific needs to God with continuing confidence? When Jesus tells His disciples to ask, seek, and knock in Luke 11:9–10,Continue reading “Ask Boldly, Trust the Father”
When We Try to Take God’s Place
DID YOU KNOW “He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.” —John 1:11, ESV We may never openly declare that we want to take God’s place. Yet the desire can appear in ordinary decisions: insisting that His answer must match our expectations, postponing obedience until we approve of His instructions,Continue reading “When We Try to Take God’s Place”
When We Try to Take God’s Place
DID YOU KNOW “He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.” —John 1:11, ESV We may never openly declare that we want to take God’s place. Yet the desire can appear in ordinary decisions: insisting that His answer must match our expectations, postponing obedience until we approve of His instructions,Continue reading “When We Try to Take God’s Place”
The Harvest You Cannot See Yet
DID YOU KNOW “Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” —Galatians 6:9 Did you know that a delayed harvest does not mean your faithful work has been wasted? Paul places this encouragement within a passage about sowing and reaping. He callsContinue reading “The Harvest You Cannot See Yet”
What Hard Days Can Grow
DID YOU KNOW “We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.” — Romans 5:3, ESV Some days, faith feels like taking the next step with a heart that would rather sit down. We are tired of waiting, disappointed by an outcome, or frightened by something we cannot control. Paul’s words in Romans 5Continue reading “What Hard Days Can Grow”
The Heart That Bows Finds the Savior
DID YOU KNOW “‘Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.’ And [the shepherds] went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.” Luke 2:15–16, ESV We often associate Bethlehem with a particular season, but theContinue reading “The Heart That Bows Finds the Savior”
What Your Bank Balance Cannot Tell You
DID YOU KNOW “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.” —Luke 6:20, NIV Did you know that Jesus’ blessing of the poor speaks to real hardship as well as our need for God? When Jesus begins this portion of the Sermon on the Plain, Luke tells us that HeContinue reading “What Your Bank Balance Cannot Tell You”