It’s more important to believe God than to believe in God.
It’s one thing to believe in God and quite another to believe God. Believing in God is no big deal. Everyone believes there is a God, because God has put that knowledge in every person’s heart (Romans 1:19). Why, even an atheist […]

Even when you don’t feel in control of your circumstances, you can be sure that God is.The story of Joseph is one of the most familiar stories in the Bible. The youngest of twelve brothers, Joseph started out as the favorite son in Israel and ended up a slave in Egypt. On the […]

It is easier to pick up your cross than to drag it along.Life without passion isn’t living; it’s just existing. But living with passion doesn’t happen automatically. You have to find your passion, define it, and then live it.
After you discover what you are passionate about, you will still have to do other […]

Don’t run with the ball unless you know the direction of the goal.Imagine if each of the players in a baseball game played according to their own rules. The pitcher might decide that the strike zone goes from the forehead to the ankles. The batter may decide that it takes twenty-two strikes to make […]

Knowing that God knows everything about us is very comforting. It can also be very unsettling.We can take comfort in the knowledge that God is intimately involved in the details of our lives (Psalm 37:23). If He watches over the lowly sparrow, He watches over us and directs our way.
At the same time, […]

The fewer your desires, the richer you will be.There is a subtle tyranny that we live under. In theological terms it might be referred to as “self” or “life,” but in our vernacular it is “stuff.” We have stuff, we accumulate stuff, and it seems that we always want more stuff. Our […]

Rebellion is usually a war of wills.
You probably don’t consider yourself to be a rebellious person. Your perception of a rebel may include a tattoo, a biker’s jacket, and a defiant attitude. Well, your perception is wrong, except for the part about the attitude. The fact that your skin is tattoo-free and […]

It’s better to suffer for Christ than to live without Him.Some people treat God like some kind of insurance policy. They’re not really convinced that they need Him, except when times get tough. That’s when they pull out their insurance policy and read the fine print, hoping they’re covered. In other words, […]

It is easier to follow your leader if you have confidence in whom your leader is following.Dogs are taught to obey their masters. Children are supposed to obey their parents. But when it comes to adults, the principle of submission to authority seems to be replaced with the theory of “What’s in it […]

What you have should not determine who you are.Let’s make sure that we have several things straight when it comes to God and your stuff.
First, material possessions are not a measurement of how much God loves you. (If that were the case, then Jesus–with only a tunic or two–wasn’t loved all that much by […]