by Crystal Brashear | May 31, 2018 | Daily Devotional
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the...
by Crystal Brashear | Apr 19, 2018 | Daily Devotional
As he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” — 1 Peter 1:15–16 Be holy. Ok, right. Holy. I, who have fallen short of holiness in a hundred ways over the past week...
by Crystal Brashear | Feb 23, 2018 | Daily Devotional
He walked, the dust of the Jericho ground swirling up in little puffs around his feet. In silence, he walked. For hours, he walked, his fellow Israelites mutely trudging along with him. The trumpets blasted continually, the sound cutting through the stillness. The...
by Crystal Brashear | Dec 12, 2017 | Daily Devotional
The LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. — Deuteronomy 4:24 Last week, a close friend called to tell me that he had just heard a really destructive rumor about me. Because he knows me, he didn’t believe it when he heard it, and he told the...
by Crystal Brashear | Sep 20, 2017 | Daily Devotional
Recently, I have run across quite a few Christians who are obsessed with discerning God’s will for their lives in specific areas. Some worry that the person they are engaged to may not be the one God has chosen for them. Others feel absolutely stuck, baffled as...
by Crystal Brashear | Aug 15, 2017 | Daily Devotional
There is a room in my house covered in mosaic tile, floor to ceiling. Six years ago, when we moved into our historic home, I spent several weeks planning, tiling, and grouting. Every day when my kids went off to school, I worked on that room. At first, it was really...
