In the Life There is something revealing about our hands. Long before we speak, our hands often tell the truth about our hearts. They comfort, protect, build, and bless. Yet they can also wound, reject, and demand. When I read the story of the leper in Matthew 8, I find myself not only looking atContinue reading “The Hands That Heaven Uses”
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Loving the People Who Test Us
In the Life There are seasons in life when relationships begin to feel less like blessings and more like burdens. We love people, yet at times we also feel trapped by their habits, failures, wounds, or personalities. Max Lucado humorously calls this condition “stuckitis,” but beneath the humor is something painfully real. Many of usContinue reading “Loving the People Who Test Us”
The Cost of True Worship
The Bible in a Year There is something deeply revealing about David’s words in 1 Chronicles 21:24. “I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.” David understood a truth many believers still wrestle with today: worship that costs nothing often changes nothing. Israel had been struckContinue reading “The Cost of True Worship”
The Heart That Never Lost Its Way
In the Life There is something deeply comforting about studying the heart of Christ. We live in a world where hearts become bitter, distracted, wounded, or hardened by disappointment, yet Jesus moved through betrayal, suffering, rejection, and temptation without surrendering His purity. Peter walked beside Him for years and still described Him as a “lamb,Continue reading “The Heart That Never Lost Its Way”
Walking the Road of Rightness
A Day in the Life “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” — Matthew 3:15 There is something deeply moving about watching Jesus step down into the waters of the Jordan River. John the Baptist hesitated because he understood who stood before him. Jesus had no sins to confess and no moral failuresContinue reading “Walking the Road of Rightness”
Living Through Love
A Day in the Life “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” — 1 John 4:7 One of the most insightful realities I encounter when walking through the Gospels is that Jesus never treated love as an abstract idea. HeContinue reading “Living Through Love”
The Steady Pursuit of the Father’s Will
A Day in the Life “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” — Matthew 3:15 There is something insightful about watching the consistency of Jesus throughout His earthly life. From childhood to the cross, there was never a moment when He drifted from the will of the Father. When Jesus stood in theContinue reading “The Steady Pursuit of the Father’s Will”
Love That Moves Beyond Words
On Second Thought “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” — John 14:15 There is something both simple and searching about the words of Jesus in this passage. They are not complicated, yet they reach into the deepest part of our spiritual life. Love, as we often speak of it, is emotional, expressive, and sincere.Continue reading “Love That Moves Beyond Words”
Walking With Him Until Christ Is Formed
A Day in the Life “Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” — Colossians 1:28 When I reflect on what it truly means to disciple someone, I cannot help but return to the way Jesus Himself walked with HisContinue reading “Walking With Him Until Christ Is Formed”
When the Well Never Runs Dry
Returning to the Source A Day in the Life “For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.” — Jeremiah 2:13 As I sit with this passage, I find myself walking alongside Jesus in John 4, where HeContinue reading “When the Well Never Runs Dry”