New Year’s Resolution

As 2017 approached, social media showed that many people were preparing to improve their lives, or at least some aspects of them, once Jan. 1 hit. From improving eating habits to growing in a relationship with God, people seem really excited about whatever...

Offering a Sacrifice

This devotional was originally published on December 14, 2015. The next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” So Moses returned to the LORD and said,...

God Multiplies

“Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” But Jesus said, “They need not go...

We’re Not Hall Monitors

I have a tendency to act as a sort of hall monitor for grace too freely lived in. What I mean by that is I have a sort of list in my head/heart that gauges if someone is taking for granted the grace that was freely given to them through Jesus Christ. For instance, if...

God Seeks Us

In John 4, Jesus meets an outcast of a woman at a well in Samaria. In those days, Jews typically avoided Samaria because they didn’t associate with Samaritans. Yet Jesus, himself a Jew, traveled into Samaria and stopped during the middle of the day. I just know,...

Jesus Is Always Better

Nobody is ever exempt from facing hard times. In fact, you may be trudging through a difficult time right now. Whether you’re a Christ-follower or not, you have a choice: to choose Jesus or to choose a temporary substitute. When it comes down to it, I believe...