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When God Grabs You
“Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that ...
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Mindful of You
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, ...
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The Great Love Your Heart Seeks
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We ...
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The Lie of the Fairy Tale
“There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.” Proverbs 14:12 When you have three daughters you pretty much get to wa...
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Learning to Love People Better
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’” Matthew 25:40...
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Those Who Are Kept, Keep
“The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.” Pslam 121:5 If we are able to own our need of help and ask for the limitless, ...
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Are You Hiding?
“But the Lord God called to the man “where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked so I hid.” Genesis...
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A Hide and Seek Worldview of Love
“For at one time you were in darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord. Walk as children of Light.” Ephesians 5:8 “Again Jesus spoke to them, say...
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The Riches of God’s Grace
“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.” Ephesian...
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God's Greatness in Our Weakness
“The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.” Psalm 145:14 David Ireland was married to a wonderful woman and despera...
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God Is Our Father
“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that w...
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Do You Look Like Love?
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love […]” Galatians 5:22 One of my favorite songs is “More Like Love” by Ben Rector, and I often find myself singing...
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What Makes Up the Kingdom of God
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Chr...
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Getting the Full Picture
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thor...
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You Are God's Child First
“So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.”...
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What Real Love Looks Like
“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us...
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Sacrificial Love
“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers… Little children, let us not love in wo...
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Sinners Crying Out to God
“During those many days the King of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescu...
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The Prodigal Story Come True
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anyth...
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Serving Others
“Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and truth.” 1 John 3:18 When I was in college I remember a particularly frustrating me...
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Jesus Shares His Inheritance with You
“Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me befo...
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Share the Light
“Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 Light is a powerful symbol o...
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Serving
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 In the book Crazy Love, Francis Chan talks a lot abo...
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Loving in Times of Uncertainty
“I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy may be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I lo...
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Written on the Palm of His Hand
“Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hand.” Isaiah 49:16 When I was in middle school, when you were “going out” with a boy, you would wri...
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Love in Action and in Truth
“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods an...
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What Is Love
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentf...
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Sick
“After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he ros...
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Raisin Cakes
“And the Lord said to me, ‘Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, th...
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God's Messengers
“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, an...