When God Says Arise

The Weight and Gift of Duty The Bible in a Year “And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good; and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.” — Judges 18:9 As weContinue reading “When God Says Arise”

Rooted Where Life Flows

A Day in the Life There are days when I can feel the difference between merely knowing Scripture and actually living from it. Psalm 1 gives me an image I return to often: “He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leafContinue reading “Rooted Where Life Flows”

When Obedience Becomes the Measure of Success

As the Day Ends “This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth … for then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.” (Joshua 1:8) As the day draws to a close, Joshua 1:8 presses a gentle but searching question into the quiet of evening: Is it working? Not merely our beliefContinue reading “When Obedience Becomes the Measure of Success”

Happiness in High-Definition

Seeing Life the Way God Designed It DID YOU KNOW “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day andContinue reading “Happiness in High-Definition”