Jul 31, 2024 | Weekly Devotional
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being...
Jul 24, 2024 | Weekly Devotional
I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.Luke 11:8 In Luke 11:8, Jesus tells of a man who was insistent. He didn’t go away. He...
Jul 17, 2024 | Weekly Devotional
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.John 10:27 Jesus says powerful things about praying specifically. Remember the example Jesus uses of the man who says, “Friend, lend me three loaves”? The request was specific. Sometimes, I tend to get lazy...
Jul 10, 2024 | Weekly Devotional
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.Matthew 6:8 When I was growing up, I was often ill and seldom participated in athletics. By the time I was in college, I was so insecure about my lack of athleticism that I tried to compensate...
Jul 3, 2024 | Weekly Devotional
“Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked,...
Jun 26, 2024 | Weekly Devotional
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.Matthew 6:12 There are many things that are hindrances to prayer, but the one thing I encounter more than anything else in counseling with people is the problem of unforgiveness. Improper relationships with...
