VITAL Life Application Devotions

Boundaries Are Not Walls Matthew 7:6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces." Boundaries help us to distinguish our property so that we can take care of it....

The Purpose of Boundaries Mark 7:14-23 “Jesus called the crowd to him and said, ‘Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.’ After he had left...

The Benefit of Suffering and Setting Boundaries 1 Peter 4:1-2 - “Since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil...

“Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.”—Mark 11:23 NASB Why do churches see so little fruit from ministry?”...

“Elijah … said to Ahab, ‘As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain during these years, except by my word.’”—1 Kings 17:1–2 NASB Elijah stood all alone before King Ahab. Armies or throngs of people did not...