March 31 | Luke 9:23 “Then He said to everyone, ‘If anyone wants to come after Me, He must deny himself and take up His cross and follow Me.” (Luke 9:23) We often don’t realize the cost of discipleship, of the following and learning from Jesus. Nobody likes , suffering,…
March 30 | Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ, and I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in God’s Son who loved me and handed Himself over for even me.” (Galatians 2:20)…
March 29 | Job 38:4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,” (Job 38:4) Sometimes people put me in my place for something I say. It sometimes we speak out of turn or think we’re right when we don’t understand…
March 28 | Job 31:1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes, so how could I look closely at a virgin?” (Job 31:1) Most people struggle with lustful thoughts about the opposite gende. How do we stop ourselves from thinking those thoughts? Sometimes we don’t even realize it until…
I am happy to announce that today is the release of my newest book, Meditations on the Lord’s Supper: 50 Devotions and Sermon Starters for Ministers! Here is a description of the book: Pastor, do you find yourself using the same passage for the Lord’s Supper, saying the same things…
March 27 | Job 23:10 “But He knows the way I take; when He has tested me, I will come out like pure gold.” (Job 23:10) Do you know God’s design for you? He’s writing your story chapter by chapter. We can only read the chapters after we have lived…
March 26 | Job 19:25 “And I know my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand on the earth.” (Job 19:25) Faith is hard to explain to unbelievers. They think it is blind, a hope in the unlikely future. Some think faith is a crutch week believers hold…
March 25 | Job 13:15 “Though He kill me, I will hope in Him, yet I will contend for my ways to His face.” (Job 13:15) Did you ever want something so bad you refused to stop thinking about it? It consumed every waking thought. As they say, you wanted…
March 24 | Job 1:20-22 “Then Job arose and tore His cloak, and shaved His head, and fell to the ground, and worshiped. And He said, “Naked eye came from my mother’s womb and naked I will return there. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the…
March 23 | Job 1:9-10 “Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? Did you not put a hedge of protection around him, and around his house, all that belongs to him on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands and…