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Day 40: Why Jesus?
Lessons I Learned from Reality TV & MMA Writer into a Fighter Episode “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but...
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The Walking Dead
“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead’” (Luke 16.31 NIV). “I want to ask you something, Mommy,” my eight...
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Wasted on Judgment Day
“He says, ‘Because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free'” (Ephesians 6:8 NLT). God created a perfect world and a perfect people, which is...
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Verse Meditation: 1 Kings 11.7-8
Concessions “On the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, he even built a pagan shrine for Chemosh, the detestable god of Moab, and another for Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites. Solomon built...
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Internet Cafe: Give Me, Give Me!
I’ve recently made a habit of waking up early and praying in a certain room of my house. This room is far away from my bedroom, so I won’t be tempted to fall back asleep. I turn off the alarm (for...
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Daily Life Devotional: Day 27
Spiritual Stains Stains are everywhere. Just today I cleaned two kitty vomit stains, one potty training stain, two shirt stains and a bright pink stain on my handmade quilt. The work trying to salvage...
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The Christmas Yearbook
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3.16 NIV). When I was a junior in high school, we had a spirit...
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Verse Meditation: Daniel 2.44
Eternal Kingdom “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring...
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Verse Meditation–Hosea 5.15
The Hand of Fellowship “I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me” (Hosea 5.15 ESV). Once we receive Jesus as our...
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Verse Meditation–Amos 9.13
New Wine “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; The mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all the...
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Verse Meditation: Mark 10.15
Childlike Faith “Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it” (Mark 10.15 NKJV). Parents brought their young children to Jesus, and...
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Verse Meditation: Ephesians 4.4-6
“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all”...
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Verse Meditation: 1 Timothy 2.5-6
One Mediator “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time” (1...
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Verse Meditation: Titus 1.2
Eternal Life “This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began” (Titus 1.2 NLT). Everyone ages. Our bodies get older, yet...
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Verse Meditation: 1 Peter 1.20
Before Creation “He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you sake” (1 Peter 1.20 NIV). The plan of redemption was enacted before God created the world...
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Internet Cafe: Enhanced Soup
Every morning, I read a devotional with my kids during breakfast. We have a large collection of devotional books in a drawer of the kitchen curio cabinet, including some of my own. One morning we read...
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Carrying Jars of Water
Carrying jars of water in ancient times was an important but very menial tasks. Water was necessary for living, but taking time to bring jars to the well and carry them home was considered a humbling...
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