by Crystal Brashear | Feb 1, 2019 | Daily Devotional
Plant a thought and reap a word; plant a word and reap an action; plant an action and reap a habit; plant a habit and reap a character; plant a character and reap a destiny. — Episcopal bishop John Beckwaith, 1885 On Sunday, we learned about the three seasons of...
by Crystal Brashear | Jan 2, 2019 | Daily Devotional
Humility. It means to see oneself as right-sized, as neither bigger nor smaller than one truly is. If you’re still searching for a good New Year’s resolution, humility might be one to consider. In my work with clients, I have noticed that when people...
by Crystal Brashear | Nov 26, 2018 | Daily Devotional
On his blog, Dr. Tony Evans once made a very important distinction: “God says to give thanks in everything. That doesn’t mean you need to give thanks FOR everything. You don’t need to give thanks FOR that bad day. Or FOR that bad relationship. Or...
by Crystal Brashear | Oct 24, 2018 | Daily Devotional
The church is not a building. Or is it? When God gave instructions for the tabernacle to be built, he was very, very specific. There were to be a certain number of curtains, all of specific cubit lengths, made out of certain colors, with loops and clasps. There were...
by Crystal Brashear | Sep 4, 2018 | Daily Devotional
Relationships are messy. That’s because broken people comprise them. Yes, those of us who have trusted Christ have been proclaimed righteous. But we are not yet what we will, by God’s grace, fully become. In the meantime, we live in a world broken by sin...
by Crystal Brashear | Jul 13, 2018 | Daily Devotional
remember that you were at that time separated from Christ…having no hope and without God in the world. — Ephesians 2:12 Being a junior high girl can be rough. As I look back on it now, it wasn’t that other kids were really mean to me. I wasn’t...
