Posts tagged “Serve”
Refreshed
A strange thing happens when you comfort someone else with God’s Word: you get comforted. An unexpected thing happens when you encourage someone else…
Where every great marriage starts
Recently, when I typed wife and husband and marriage and married into a Bible search engine, I discovered 14 specific commands for Christian spouses….
God’s Word to married men
I recently typed husbands and married and marriage into a Bible search engine, and what I discovered were the “7 Commandments for Christian Husbands.”…
A Christian guide to thriving
You don’t need to go far to see how much the world has strayed from God’s intended design. What God ordains is often condemned,…
80/20 is bad for all 100
In 1896 Vilfredo Pareto noticed something odd about his garden. As he picked his peapods, he noticed that some pods had more peas than…
What about the people you don’t like?
Jesus spent his life serving. The one who “did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a…
Samson: Small is mighty
How do you envision Samson? With a mountain of muscles? Taller than everyone? What if he just looked like an average guy? In Judges…
Be a Daniel in a world gone mad
Daniel is one of my Bible heroes. Despite the fact that he was taken from his homeland as a young teen, he managed to…
Samson: Gifted from birth
You are the answer to someone’s prayer. In the Bible’s Old Testament, a baby named Samson was God’s answer to the Israelites’ prayers for…
Thieves, hired hands, and shepherds
According to Jesus, there are three types of people in your life: thieves, hired hands, and shepherds. Thieves are people who only want something…
It’s not a show
I want people to notice. I bet you do too. When I do something good, I glance around to see who saw it. I…
Preach, Christian!
I woke up this morning to a Snapchat video of one of my adorable great-nephews, Christian James. Christian just turned two, complete with a…