Devotions

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.Psalm 136:1, ESV Gratitude goes a long way. It is a cure for much that ails us. Things like worry and discontentment will fade away when we practice a little gratitude. Gratitude is much like a muscle. The more you use it the stronger it becomes. The less you use it, the weaker it will be. … [Read more...] about Give Up Ungratefulness

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant” 1 Corinthians 13:4, ESV In 1 Corinthians 13:4, we are told that love does not envy. In other words, envy will rob you of your capacity to express love towards another person. You cannot love another person when you are envious of them. Where envy exists, love does not. Envy is to be unsatisfied … [Read more...] about Give Up Envy

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.Ephesians 3:20, ESV Many years ago, we took our daughter to Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Florida. To our despair, her favorite ride was “It’s a Small World.” She wanted to go on it over and over. And so we heard that same line over and over … “It’s a small … [Read more...] about Give Up a Small View of God

“Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above … [Read more...] about Give Up Pride

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”Hebrews 13:8, ESV Change is hard. We know what we know. We like what we like. What makes us comfortable makes us comfortable. At the same time, we don’t know what we don’t know. The change we fear might be the change we need. The change we don’t want might be the change we celebrate. Have an open mind and an open … [Read more...] about Give Up Resistance to Change