Posts tagged “Guilt”
Prayer over priorities
Right now, whether you wrote it down or not, you have a list of priorities for this next day. There are certain things that…
Stand your ground
When my oldest niece was about three years old, she had been naughty one morning during her preschool Sunday school class. When the teacher…
Bringing Jonah back
God commissioned the prophet Jonah to deliver an important message. The message was designed to prevent judgment from falling on the city of Nineveh….
“Pastor, do you keep these commandments?”
One evening after teaching a classroom of teenagers about sex, marriage, and living together, a young man raised his hand and asked, “Pastor Mike,…
A foundation in the storm
As I write this devotion, a hurricane is bearing down on the Gulf Coast. Winds of 100+ mph. Storm surge. Heavy rain. For people…
Take away the stone
Lazarus died. It seemed he died too young. Mary and Martha—sisters of Lazarus—were heartbroken. The entire community gathered around them and mourned with them….
No ifs, ands, or buts
Do you suffer from Big But Syndrome? No, this isn’t a devotion on weight loss or exercise plans—check the spelling. The problem I’m speaking…
You don’t want to read this
Several times a year I sit down with different groups of people to talk about faith. We spend an entire meeting talking about how…
Not guilty
God never asked us to suspend rational thought processes in order to be Christians. That’s because there is a very close connection between logic…
Victory!
This past fall our local high school football team set a state record by winning its 50th consecutive game. To celebrate, they blasted the…
Praise the Lord!
I really like the way Psalm 106 starts: “Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever….
Light drives away the shadows
I recently read a children’s book to my kids about a bear who wanted to get rid of his shadow. He didn’t like having…