Devotions

Who do you admire?  At any point in our lives, there is usually someone we idealize and try to emulate in some way.  When we were kids, it was natural for us to look up to someone, and to try to act like those we admire.  Whether that is your parents, older sibling,...

When I was in 17, a group of guys started a rumor that I was gay.  There were three of them so as big as my ego was, a fight didn't sound like it would go in my favor.  I also knew defending myself would draw attention to it and people would start to believe it.  I...

Let’s play a little true/false game. True or False: the Bible is the most shoplifted book in the world? That would actually be true. Second question: you can burn 100 calories by kissing someone? While some of us may wish that to be true, it’s actually quite false....

Judges 16:28New Living Translation (NLT) 28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord, “Sovereign Lord, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time. With one blow let me pay back the Philistines for the loss of my two eyes.” Ever prayed an audacious prayer...

Romans 12:2New Living Translation (NLT) 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. This coming...

Job 26:14 Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?” (NKJV) I'm studying through Old Testament, presently.  I am going through Job and this passage really struck me.  I read it...

Anymore, when I ask someone how they are doing, a common answer is that they are ‘busy.’  I often find myself saying this as a statement of fact, or maybe even as a complaint.  Who do we have to blame but ourselves for this predicament?  We may have seasons of...