Serve in Jesus’ Name

Who do you serve? Do you serve yourself, your family, your friends? Do you serve at all? Or do you expect to be served? What is your perception of servants? Do you view them as valuable people? Or do you view them as underlings, a lower class of people? Our view of servants will dependContinue reading “Serve in Jesus’ Name”

Reflect On Life

What is life to you? Do you consider life nothing more than breathing, interacting, working, going, and thinking? Is life more than that to you? Have you ever thought about what life is? Have you given any thought about eternal life, living forever? Life can be funny, difficult, and strange. Odd things happen during ourContinue reading “Reflect On Life”

Love in Action

How willing are you to share what you have? Do you believe it is yours? Do you hold onto it with a tight grip? Are you willing to share what you have with others? Are you willing to give what you have to those who have little or nothing? Will you obey God? Our cultureContinue reading “Love in Action”

Lay Down Your Life

Are you willing to give up your life for someone else’s? Have you ever been in a position to do so? Has someone else given up their life for you? What are your thoughts about one life being sacrificed for another? What if it was one life being sacrificed for many others? Many people inContinue reading “Lay Down Your Life”

Author of Life

Who do you give credit to for your life? How did you come to be here and now? Who has overseen every moment you have lived? Have you acknowledged the One who knows every detail about you? Do you know the Author of life, the Word of God, the Creator of all things? Most ofContinue reading “Author of Life”

Children of God

Do you feel loved? Do you know that God loves you? But do you also feel like you are out of place? Like the people you work with and interact with do not identify with you? Have you thought about why that may be? Could it be because you are a child of God, andContinue reading “Children of God”

Zero-Sum Game

How do your beliefs influence your behavior? Perhaps the better question is, how does your behavior reveal your beliefs? Have you spent time pondering what you believe is true? Have you thought about what your foundational beliefs are? Our core beliefs drive our behavior. If we want to know what our core beliefs are, weContinue reading “Zero-Sum Game”

Saved By Grace

Do you understand what grace is? Have you been shown grace? Have you shown grace to someone else? Grace is a word that gets thrown around a lot in religious circles. But we may not fully understand it. We may state it is unmerited favor, and we would be correct. But do we really understandContinue reading “Saved By Grace”

Weakness and Wisdom

Weakness and Wisdom How wise do we think we are? Do we look at the foolishness going on in our world and think we are far wiser? Do we submit to the wisdom of God? Have we considered that God’s foolishness is wiser than our human wisdom? The typical path to wisdom progresses through experiences.Continue reading “Weakness and Wisdom”

Obligation

What obligations do you have? Do you feel overwhelmed by the number of them? Have you taken time to list your obligations? How many of them are obligations and how many are things you want to do? Do you know you have an obligation to God? Our to-do lists may be longer than our arms.Continue reading “Obligation”