Do You Not Understand that It Is All About God's Glory? Good Morning Friends, Today's devotional combines the directions Jesus gave us on how to pray with the power of, the awe and wonder of His creation. Yes we begin to understand the creator through His creation... the spiritual journey and growth of relationships through … Continue reading Do You Not Understand that It Is All About God’s Glory? →

Do You Know How To Have Victory Over The Enemy?  Good Morning Friends,  Pope Francis had a homily not too long ago about the great evil of an anesthetized conscience. He pointed out that the evil in the world dulls our awareness to the point of enslaving our behavior. It made me think of those … Continue reading Do You Know How To Have Victory Over The Enemy? →

Are You A Servant Leader And If Not Why Not?  Good Morning Friends,  In the passages just before today's text Jesus is walking ahead of the disciples and telling them what is going to happen in Jerusalem during his passion. They do not get it. As the text pictures...Jesus was walking way of ahead of … Continue reading Are You A Servant Leader And If Not Why Not? →

Do You Have the Resilience to Bounce Back?  Good Morning Friends,  Job's so called friends called him stupid and sinful but he bounced back from that and painful diseases and the loss of property and family too. Sampson bounced back after being tricked by a woman and blinded. David bounced back after being a murderer … Continue reading Do You Have the Resilience to Bounce Back? →

Are We Prepared Spiritually?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we explore the process of preparing a Passover Feast turned into a Wedding Banquet. Today we explore the power of being in the Spirit while still thinking before we act. There are a lot of things the Christian is to prepare for: death, temptation, success and the … Continue reading Are We Prepared Spiritually? →

Do You Know How To Ride the Draft of Social Change?  Good Morning Friends,  For me the Bible is essential reading to form our thinking and for helping us to learn how to lead during this time of global change. Everything seems to rise or fall on leadership...how God uses flawed people to carry out … Continue reading Do You Know How To Ride the Draft of Social Change? →

Do You Understand the Power of Prayer?  Good Morning Friends,  Grace abounds in my life. In many ways I am the poster child for predestination. I grew up in a loving family. I have had people praying for me all my life. I have the security of love in my relationships and enjoy moderate success … Continue reading Do You Understand the Power of Prayer? →

What Do We Do with the Biblical Call To Purity?  Good Morning Friends,  I understand we need to embrace the ongoing work of sanctification. I understand we need to become more holy. The Bible calls us to live lives of holiness. But purity, that sounds so restrictive, so boring...so isolating. So what does the Bible … Continue reading What Do We Do with the Biblical Call To Purity? →

How Are We Empowered to Want to Follow Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  As a follow up to yesterday's devotion on making disciples today we explore the power of an intimate presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Here we reflect on how the Son of God not only became human to enable us to … Continue reading How Are We Empowered to Want to Follow Jesus? →

Are We True Disciples?  Good Morning Friends,  With Christ at the door our fears can be relieved. With Christ at the door we can be freed. For sure we have messed up but because of God's grace we are not locked in. We can be freed of the guilt of sin and know the truth. … Continue reading Are We True Disciples? →