The Precious Value of Blood
May we turn our hearts to Him and stop dehumanizing people, stop devaluing life, and stop shedding such valuable blood.
May we turn our hearts to Him and stop dehumanizing people, stop devaluing life, and stop shedding such valuable blood.
We are accountable to God for what He has given us —life, time, talents, spiritual gifts, resources, opportunities, His Son, His Word, and His Holy Spirit.
It takes a determined, intentional effort to remain “steadfast and immovable.”
Waiting on, trusting in, and obeying His perfect will protects us in the moment and prepares the way for next steps.
True, authentic, genuine believers cannot help but be holy because of their divine spiritual seed and root.
God calls us to know Him intimately and serve Him willingly out of honest, pure motives.
Gaining victory in our thought life involves surrendering to the Holy Spirit’s transforming work.
With God in the core of our being, there is an inner satisfaction, completeness, wholeness that precludes any desire for anything else.
Don’t settle for mere knowledge about God or a superficial engagement with Him.
May we be discerning enough to identify what God is deliberately removing and trusting enough to rely on His sovereign orchestration.
May we put off and put away anything that distracts us from putting on every spiritual blessing available to us.
With Christ as the focus of the heart, we have His peace of mind, joy of heart, and purpose of life.
Scripture encourages us to unload our burdens of cares, worries, and anxieties and place them in God Almighty’s hand.
Contrary to popular belief, God is not progressive. Nor will He ever be.
Wisdom demands that we read, study, meditate, and apply God’s Word to our lives.
Holiness is not something we put on and take off like a jacket depending on the situation.
Deliberate, willful sin removes us from God’s blessing and protective shelter.
The pressure to give in and fit in grows with today’s “acceptance and tolerance” mindset.
Obedience to God’s Word involves the rejection of everything contrary to it.
The enemy lies, deceives, discourages, misleads, and betrays to separate us from God’s highest calling and true fulfillment.
When we know the absolute truth of God’s Word, as revealed to us by His Holy Spirit, those who speak anything else become quickly evident.
The God-ordained people who intersect our lives are a blessing and an encouragement.
Wholehearted surrender includes anyone and anything that diverts or distracts you from the race God has called you to run.
Let’s pace ourselves, ignoring the things that distract us or upset our pace, and keeping our eyes on the finish line.
On our journey through this life, may we keep one eye on the sky and the other on “Occupy”
When the stormy winds blow, may we adjust our sails to ride with Him.
When we realize that this life and our bodies are not permanent, it seems wise to change our expectations.
People join formalized religions, like organized Christianity, for a variety of influential or societal reasons.
If you have come to Him, then commit to staying in Him, beside Him, constantly in His presence.
May we, like Enoch, spend quality time daily in God’s presence, with His Word, listening to His Holy Spirit.
If all we have is a few rushed minutes each morning or evening, the intimacy of fellowship won’t exist or grow deeper.
Genuine Christ followers remain attached to resemble Him and bear the fruit of His Spirit.
May I purposefully establish a wholesome, upright environment that could welcome my Lord Jesus Christ any moment of any day.
It is not judgmental to recognize diseased fruit, it is a scriptural assessment based on observable facts.
Slowly and subtly, our hearts turn away from the Giver and toward all this world’s things.
The ugliness of mankind mocks, mutilates, and murders the Altogether Lovely.
How comforting to know God’s ultimate purpose is to separate His followers to His righteousness, renewal, and removal.
A true Bride-to-be doesn’t have a dating profile with the world nor is he or she distracted by the things of this world.
The protection against falsehood is to become intimate in the knowledge of God’s Word.
Intimately knowing God and being intimately known by Him requires our willing openness and emotional vulnerability with Him.
Weeding out the complicated, hurried, worldly “stuff” of life prepares us for a healthy pursuit of Christ.
Take a moment and look at your life. Take a self-inventory.
His Holy Spirit “rebirths” us, revitalizes our spirits, and takes up residence in our hearts, the core of our being.
How great the joy of the believer who humbly and gratefully bows when he is recognized for the treasures he has laid up in Heaven.
We know Jesus more and more on a daily basis as we incorporate Him into our lives.
To accept Jesus involves being where He is for eternity.
Our motivation should be to “be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless.”
I love how God invites us to be still, get quiet, and rest in His presence.
What should keep you up at night is deciding whether you want a lifetime of regret or blessing.
Regrets, reliving past failures, remembering past hurts, accusing voices, and mind games can all clamor for our attention.
We must authorize His release before we can walk in His liberty.
How blessed we are with a loving Father who corrects when necessary and refines as necessary.
Destiny and opportunity knock on our doors with each passing moment.
I know from personal experience that going or attempting something in my own strength is never a wise strategy.
God asks the difficult, not only for His sovereign design but also to highlight areas in our lives requiring surrender.
Will we wonder, “Why did I waste so much of my time on the ‘things of this world’ that have no eternal significance?”
God wants you to succeed and gives insight into how to make that happen.
The physical strain makes me feel better and keeps my body functioning as it should.
Jesus said, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven”
When we finally removed the washers, we also had to sand down the results of my previous misguided efforts.
God seeks to purify but never to consume.
The enemy is ferociously subtle, so we must always be on guard.
As we remain attached to Him, His life-giving nutrient flows through giving us His Spirit, heart, resemblance, power, fruit, and nature.
I allowed the distractions around me to nullify my promise to watch and be ready.
Never settle for a shaded forest if you were meant for sunlit flight.
How grateful I am for the ongoing transformation of the Holy Spirit and the purifying work of God’s living Word.
May He be the last one we turn to with “Goodnight, Dad. Thank You for a great day.”
What does such “fine dust” represent? It represents those hidden, protected, excused, or ignored areas, actions, and mindsets.
Sometimes we pull up an old shoe or piece of driftwood, then spend precious time trying to make something from them instead of tossing them back and focusing on fish.
May we quiet our hearts and acknowledge God’s sovereign orchestration over everything.
The primary strategy of the devil, this depraved, sinful world, and fallen human nature is to delude, deceive, distract, and destroy the unwary, unsuspecting, and naïve.
We can align friendship with obedience. After all, how can two people walk together unless they are in agreement?
Allow God complete control of your life, then live each day aligned with His Word and in the power of the Holy Spirit.
I was a stone-thrower for many years until, by God’s grace and mercy, He removed that sinful habit.
The Bible plainly states faith comes by hearing the Word of God and hearing it comes from someone sharing it.
Not only can we enjoy His inseparable love, but we will forever bask in His glorious presence!
Eternity’s final destinations hinge on each person’s free will choice—to choose Jesus (and have their names written in the Book of Life) or to choose against Jesus.
We have a tendency to want to bring people along with us to make our journey more comfortable or assured.
As God coordinates the details of our lives, it is best to trust His leading even though the way is uncertain and seemingly fearful.
God knew the distracting call of the things of this life to the point they could pull our attention away from the day of His return.
God works toward His ultimate purpose and how we each fit into His plan.
Trust God to sovereignly orchestrate all the details according to a purpose only He may ever know.
Some human relationships are for life. Sadly, others are for mere seasons.
Jesus is the source of living water that quenches dry, thirsty, wilted souls.
Each day, my dad lived ready to fully shift his weight and land on the solid footing of heaven.
There is a world (and eternity!) of difference between denouncing one’s faith and declaring a birth reversal.
Even comparing myself with others—my call, walk, intimacy with Christ— is unwise and inappropriate.
When the magnitude of what Jesus did for us ignites our hearts, we overflow with heartfelt gratitude, praise, and love.
Jesus’ question exposes the futility of returning to what He has called us from.
She wept because the Lord’s corpse was missing—a cause for rejoicing.
Regardless of all God’s assurances, we still squirm in adversity.
He lovingly met individual people at the place of their need and changed hearts, one at a time.
God’s purpose isn’t accomplished through human strength.
Too often, people seek the human Jesus, not the divine Jesus.
Jesus commended those who believe without seeing.
The disciples remained confused as long as they disputed, questioned, and shared opinions among themselves.
Jesus answered with a sobering question that echoes still today.
Jesus said self-denial, cross-carrying, and obedience are expectations for His followers.
Instead of looking to rule, let us follow Christ’s example by humbly serving.
