Crazy Moments
It’s easy to lose sight of God. You get home late, you put on a casserole, but the phone rings and you forget about turning off the oven. Exasperated...
18
Sep
17
Sep
Obligated to Be Like Us
That was cruel, don’t you think? The Son of God was obligated to step into cumbersome time from endless eternity. Obligated to put on finite flesh...
16
Sep
God’s Anger
All of the Father’s white-hot wrath against our sin was hurled at Christ as he hung on the cross. All of the Father’s anger and indignation was heaped...
15
Sep
Pray this Way
I ‘really’ identify with the disabled people we serve at Joni and Friends. Because they struggle hard. And I do what they do; I pray like they do, that my...
14
Sep
Number Your Days
I have this habit of numbering my days: When I wake up in the morning, I make a point of thinking, “Lord, this day is worth a thousand years of eternity...
13
Sep
We Are Most Like Jesus When…
If you were to list on a chalkboard the ways by which we become more like Jesus, what would you write? The following might top your list: We become patient. Loving. Sympathetic. Wise. More pure. More sensitive. More discerning.
12
Sep
Losing
Who is great in God’s eyes? Jesus sets up a little child as his answer. Mind you, childhood back in those days was a condition not to be desired by any adult, and Jesus points to the child not as a winsome example of how charming and simple we’re supposed to be, but rather how lowly.
1
Sep
Reason for Living
I wonder… What’s your purpose for living?… We all ‘need’ a reason to live. Well, if you’re God's servant – and if you claim Christ as Savior, you...
25
Aug
You Want Mighty
Here at our ministry, we refuse to present an image of “gentle-Jesus-meek-and-mild,” a portrait that tugs at your sentiments and pulls at your heartstrings...
19
Aug
His Yoke is Easy
At times we feel that our yoke is just too heavy to bear. That’s when Jesus says, “Here, take my yoke. It’s easy. The burden is light.” Oh yeah? we think.
