“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.“ (Luke 18:19 NIV) Today is “Good Friday,” a day my children used to mix up with “Black Friday.” Although our society knows what the modern “Black Friday” means, I think the original “Good Friday” was also a “Black Friday.” IfContinue Reading
“Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time on and forevermore.” (Psalm 113:2 NRSV) Last night when our family returned home I realized our front door had not been locked while we were gone. I shuddered to think of what “could have happened” and was grateful for what did not happen. AfterContinue Reading
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 NIV) So far (as of 9:15 a.m. this morning) I have lived out “There is a time to be born and a time to die.”Continue Reading
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV) Have you ever noticed that people don’t always think the same way? “DUH!” you are probablyContinue Reading
“It’s obvious to all; [God] will have nothing to do with corrupt rulers who pass laws that empower evil and defeat what is right.” (Psalm 94:20 TPT) For the last two years, my primary prayer around the state of our world has been Psalm 37:17: “God, break the power of theContinue Reading
“So fix your gaze on the simultaneous kindness and strict justice of God. How severely he treated those who fell into unbelief! Yet how tender and kind is his relationship with you. So keep on trusting in his kindness; otherwise, you also will be cut off.” (Romans 11:22 TPT) IContinue Reading
The Lord is king! You are robed in majesty and armed with strength. The world you have created stands firm and cannot be shaken. Your throne, O Lord, has stood from time immemorial and you yourself are from the everlasting past. The floods of our circumstances have risen and roared like thunder, liftingContinue Reading
Father God, Thank you for the gift of this good day. Thank you for our rest, our food, our warm homes, our families, the provision you give us, and the purposes you have for each of our lives. Thank you for the ways in which you are calling us byContinue Reading
“And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19 NIV) Last night I went into church service with an anxious heart. I have a Big Hairy Audacious Project I’m working on for June and it needs funding. I hadContinue Reading
“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7 NIV) Yesterday I was going over the story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet with my kids. While much of the story is about servanthood – how we serve and care for each other – theyContinue Reading