Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer “exercise (train) yourself toward godliness” (1 Timothy 4:7) What disciplines do you have to train properly to love God and love people? Many people want what others have, but aren’t willing to pay the price for that success. In my October 16 devotional, I […]
When God puts a burden in the hearts of a few, He delights to team with others to whom He has given that same calling. – K-Life website The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise child will delight in him. (Proverbs 23:24) How can I help teens build […]
It is humbling, surprising, rewarding and right to give to others. – Nick Chaconas “He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there […]
“Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.” Mark Twain Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is worth more than precious rubies. Her husband can trust her, and […]
God initiates change! Trying to change my life leads to failure and frustration. “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) Am I frustrated with trying to change my life? What […]
What’s most important to God is that we keep union and fellowship and intimacy with Him! For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the […]
Love and hurry are incompatible. But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for […]
Great service comes from the heart! “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” (Luke 6:45) What simple thing can you do every […]
“Idolatry always leads to immorality.” – Rev. Mark Jarvis “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.” (Luke 14:26) What idols do I have in my life? The purpose of these devotionals is […]
“What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.” -George Washington “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, […]