Devotions

I spent a lot of my childhood in a religious church.  Many people went to church because they should, they acted a certain way because of a list of rules they should follow, and they prayed because it was a requirement to be a "good christian." This was not true of...

Now that we're a week into 2019 are we ready to be real about it? Let's be honest: we usually spend the first week of the year making goals and plans that we end up never following through on. Sometimes that's because we find the goal we've set to be too difficult or...

Isaiah 43:19 New International Version (NIV) 19 See, I am doing a new thing!     Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness     and streams in the wasteland. This verse is the one for me as I look at the New Year of 2019. This year...

2 Peter 1:3-8 (NASB) 'seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises,...

With the turning of a new year, it prompts us to pause a moment and take a look back and examine our lives a bit.  What has happened, what have we done, where have we succeeded and where have we failed?  What changes do you want to make in your life?  If there are...

Today is January 2!  Happy 2019 and I pray God's richest blessing over you in this new year.  I pray it is a year where you know God more than ever, find freedom in ways your soul longs for, discover your purpose, and leverage all of it to make a difference in this...