We’ve all encountered a fair amount of pain in the past couple weeks. Have you noticed when it gets too much, we check out, numbing ourselves with our drug of choice, like mindless scrolling or binge watching—whatever we need to do to escape? But that’s not who we are.
I’ve spent the last 18 years telling God that I’ll go wherever He sends me. And I believed I would. I’ve followed Him to churches and retreat centers all over the place. Yet when He sent me to the altar in my home church to lift my hands and proclaim my freedom in front of the congregation, my feet would not move. Perhaps you can relate? Let’s walk through this together in today’s Word on Wednesday.
This doesn’t make sense, but if you need money, give to someone in need. If you need comfort, comfort someone else. If you need forgiveness, forgive. Here’s why.
If you are a follower of Jesus, are you “still a sinner?”
Jesus didn’t die to make us fair weather fans, beloved. He died for followers, for those who would risk everything to stand with Him. Are you a fan or a follower?
God has commissioned us to change the world and positioned us to see it done. The question is, are we willing?
We want the resurrection power the Gospel proclaims. We just don’t like the means to experience it. But, the Philippians did. What is it they encountered that maybe we aren’t.
Jesus called you and me the light of the world. Are we giving Jesus what He asked for? Here’s the key we might be missing.
I have to ask, what are your choices costing you? We love to celebrate God’s grace. His love and mercy offer so much blessing we don’t deserve, we often find ourselves tempted to think our choices don’t matter. You’d be wrong.
When God appoints a person to a kingdom task, He provides them with the power to accomplish it. But what happens when we insist on passing off our purpose to someone else? Do we also pass on the power? I only ask because God revealed something to me about our friend Moses I’d never noticed before. I wonder if you’ll see what God showed me.
