Whose approval really matters to you? I was reading 1 Peter last week and was confronted with the question: “Is God’s approval enough for me?” The Apostle Peter writes to Christians suffering persecution during the brutal reign of Nero. Peter writes to encourage and instruct believers living in very difficult days. In chapter 2, Peter […]
I don’t feel like it. How many times have you uttered those words? I have spoken them about a trillion times. Usually, I speak those words when I don’t feel like doing something that I know I should do. I don’t feel like getting up early. I don’t feel like working out. I don’t feel […]
To love God is not the same as loving what he does for you. Love for God is probably best tested during trouble. When life is good…when the bank account and body are healthy…when relationships are strong…when work is satisfying…when life is good it’s easy to feel positive about God. I love it when God […]
Something happened in worship recently. Something happened in Sunday worship that is helping me worship daily. I think most of us understand that worship is something that we do musically in a corporate gathering of the church and worship is something that we do daily as we live lives devoted to Jesus. That truth has […]
