Posts tagged “Holy Spirit”
God’s love for you
If you are one of those people who loves to learn and can’t go to church without taking notes, this devotion is for you….
Good answer!
Do you remember Richard Dawson, the original host of the game show Family Feud? When he would tell a contestant to “name something you…
Light in dark places
Important words sometimes lose their freshness and impact when they become overly familiar. We stop paying attention to or taking joy in the thoughts…
Your future self: Hope for the New Year
I love New Year’s! It’s a time of forgetting what is behind and pressing on toward what’s ahead (Philippians 3:13 paraphrase). A time of…
What flourishing looks like
“May the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and…
Jesus is worth it
I once witnessed a reluctant two-year-old who did not want to go up for the pastor’s children’s sermon. I could hear him rejecting his…
Evangelism step 3: Say
If you’ve followed the apostle Paul’s plan for evangelism, you’ve prayed that “God may open a door for our message” and tried to “make…
Take your job seriously
Two thousand years ago, Peter, one of Jesus’ apostles, was put in prison, and 16 guards were charged with keeping him there, some literally…
You are the answer!
The people around me have been discouraged lately. (Wait, that sentence could be sorely misinterpreted. Let me try again …) The people around me…
Fight for the faith
A few months back, a stranger stopped me in the produce section of my local grocery store and said, “Pastor, you don’t know me,…
The most sacred Book ever
Few things get me quite as excited about my Bible as Paul’s words to Timothy: “All Scripture is God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16). Break down…
Shout for joy!
“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord…