Posts tagged “Pride”
Audience of one
In Judges 3 after the story of Ehud (who is like a Special Forces operative in the Old Testament), there’s a short mention of…
God flips it
If you ever read the gospel of Luke carefully, you’ll notice a few beautiful themes—God’s love for women, God’s love for the nations, God’s…
Afflict the comfortable. Comfort the afflicted.
I hadn’t planned on being that intense with her. We were at a coffee shop, and I was loving the conversation with this intelligent,…
Grace makes space
It was the late 80s, and my family was experiencing what many other families were experiencing for the first time: a home computer. I…
Blink first
If you’ve lived long enough and squabbled often enough, you know by now that pride starts every conflict but never ends it. By nature,…
If things are going well
If things are going well in this season of your spiritual life, I want to praise God with you. And I want to quote…
Your audience of one
The audience gathers eagerly. The eighth-grade band students are dressed in their best backstage, nervously waiting for each of their names to be called…
A daily reminder
Allow me to introduce you to my number-one enemies—anxiety and doubt. How often I forget the words of God when a crisis or problem…
Reassurance
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, nor height…
Which is better?
Which is better? Coke or Pepsi? LeBron or Jordan? Dairy Queen or Culvers? Okay, that last one is a trick question because all ice…
My truth? Maybe not …
I have a love/hate relationship with my heart. I love it because, by God’s grace, it has a lot of Scripture stored up in…
Do you believe in prayer?
Do you believe that prayer works? Do you trust that the words we speak in Jesus’ name reach the ears of God and move…