Consider What Loving Our Lord Means in Tangible Ways If you’re like me, you may readily state that you love God. Emphatically so. But what do we really mean when we say this? What does our love for God look like? Do we truly love him? Love God and Love Others Jesus says that we’re […]
Even If We Don’t Understand Why God Tells Us to Do Something We Should Do It Anyway After giving Jeremiah a stinging message to tell the people, God gives a personal message to his prophet. He says, “You are not to pray for these people.” He says don’t plead for them or make a petition […]
What to Do When You’re Restricted, Held Back, or Trapped Do you ever feel like your life is stuck in a box? Does it seem that you’re restricted, held back, or trapped? It’s time to break out of your box. It’s time to become all that God has created you to be, to make more […]
The Righteous Walk in God’s Ways, While the Rebellious Trip Over His Words As the prophecy of Hosea winds down he urges Israel (and us) to turn from our shortcomings and return to God. When we do this, blessing will follow: blessings for us and for others through us. Once again, we have this concept […]
Live a Life of Obedience and Without Regret to Finish Strong Most people know the story of Jonah: God sends Jonah to help Nineveh. But Jonah gets in a boat headed in the opposite direction. God sends a storm to get Jonah’s attention. Jonah implores the crew to throw him overboard in order to calm […]
Tell God “Yes” and Don’t Hesitate God speaks to us through the Bible, through his Holy Spirit, and through others—be it people or angels or even circumstances. When God tells you to do something, what’s your first response? Do you give him an immediate “yes” or an excuse? An excuse could be telling him you’re […]
Acts Bible Study: Day 6 Today’s passage: Acts 4:5–22 Focus verse: “But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.” (Acts 4:17) After healing the lame man and forever changing his life, Peter and John spend the night in jail […]
God’s Gift and the People’s Responsibility God gave the Promised Land to the descendants of Abraham, not because they deserved it, but to use them to punish other nations who were wicked. After he gave them the territory, their job was to drive out the other people (thereby punishing them). Though the nation of Israel […]
God Instructs Jacob to Go to Egypt, but He Doesn’t Intend for Him to Stay Just like Cain and Abel, along with Ishmael and Isaac, Joseph and his brothers have problems, too. There are two reasons why Joseph’s brothers don’t like him. First, he’s Dad’s favorite. Second, he doesn’t know when to keep his mouth […]
Is it Okay with God for Us to Not Have Children? A concerning phrase I’ve increasingly heard is “happily child free.” Yes, couples can choose how many children to have or even to have children. On the surface, this appears as a responsible decision. Modern-day birth control makes happily child free an accessible reality. But […]