Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. Trust your Father to guide your steps. When the way is confusing, when the options are many, when you don’t know which direction to turn – trust Him. He is able to keep you from falling. He will direct you...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
“I guess I’ll never move ahead in life like some people do,” Brad told me one Sunday after I had spoken at his church. “My parents have always barely made it. My Dad had a drinking problem and constantly moved from one menial job to the next....
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
“Often I can’t even go to sleep because of all the thoughts running through my mind,” someone once said to me. “I’m thinking about all that happened during the day. I’m thinking about my plans for tomorrow. I’m thinking about...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
I struggle with a bad habit. It has been a lifelong problem that I still battle with often. It’s an area of temptation where I still fail miserably at times. I know better, but in spite of my knowledge, I still lose this battle more often than I’m happy to...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
Are you a slower learner? I am. It sometimes seems to me like the Lord has to teach me the same lesson over and over again. I’ll think I’ve “got it,” then a situation will come along that shows me that I’m still in spiritual kindergarten...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
Have you ever noticed our tendency to push ourselves into the starring role of the stories told in the Bible? For instance, consider the story of “the good Samaritan.” Most sermons I’ve ever heard about that text makes the main application be that...
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