Posts with the category “god-s-love”

09/11/2026Sometimes loving people is inconvenient. It interrupts the schedule. It takes longer than we expected. It asks something from us when we already feel like we have plenty of our own stuff to ...  Read More

09/07/2026There are things we can carry for so long that they start to feel normal. A fear we’ve learned to live with. A lie about ourselves we’ve repeated so many times we assume it must be true. A h...  Read More

09/06/2026I don’t know about you, but asking for help is not always my first instinct. My first instinct is usually to figure it out. Make the phone call. Work the problem. Come up with a plan. Fix wh...  Read More

09/01/2026There are times when following Jesus feels like standing in front of a job that is bigger than the tools we have. We know the kind of person we want to be. We know there are attitudes that n...  Read More

08/30/2026Sometimes we know exactly where we want life to go. We’ve thought it through, made the plan, prayed about it, and maybe even convinced ourselves we know what the next few months should look ...  Read More

08/29/2026There are days when life feels manageable. You know what needs to be done, you have a plan, and you feel like you can handle what is in front of you.Then there are days when the phone rings,...  Read More

08/28/2026Some days everything feels steady. Other days it feels like somebody picked up the table and shook it. Plans change. People change. Relationships change. Jobs change. Our bodies change. Even...  Read More

08/26/2026There are a lot of things competing for our hearts. Some of them are obviously wrong, but most aren’t. Family. Work. Success. Security. Our plans for the future. Even ministry can quietly be...  Read More

08/25/2026There are things in life we count on without thinking much about them. We expect the sun to come up. We expect the ground to be beneath our feet when we get out of bed. But people? Circumsta...  Read More

08/24/2026There are parts of following Jesus that are easy to keep private. We can pray quietly. We can read our Bible alone. We can worship with our headphones on. But eventually, what God is doing i...  Read More

08/22/2026Sometimes we picture God as distant, somewhere above all of this, watching from heaven while we try to make sense of life down here. John opens his Gospel by telling us something completely ...  Read More

08/09/2026Sometimes we hold tightly to what we have because we’re afraid there won’t be enough left for us. Enough money. Enough time. Enough energy. Enough patience. But God’s way has always been dif...  Read More

08/08/2026There’s a difference between saying a prayer and actually trusting God with what we prayed about. We can bring something to God in the morning and then spend the rest of the day worrying abo...  Read More

08/07/2026There are a lot of things we try to be known for. Our work ethic. Our accomplishments. Our personalities. Even our failures have a way of trying to define us. But John reminds us that the de...  Read More

08/02/2026There’s something about money that quietly competes for our attention. We tell ourselves we’re just trying to get ahead, provide for our family, or enjoy what we’ve worked hard for. None of ...  Read More

07/31/2026There are moments in life when we quietly put limits on what we believe God can do.Not because we doubt He is powerful, but because we’ve lived through enough disappointment to lower our exp...  Read More

07/30/2026Words seem so small. They leave our mouths in a matter of seconds, yet their impact can last for years. Most of us can still remember something someone said decades ago, either because it li...  Read More

07/29/2026There’s a difference between believing in Jesus and surrendering to Him.Many of us are willing to invite Christ into certain parts of our lives. We’ll trust Him with our eternity, but strugg...  Read More

07/28/2026Some promises in Scripture meet us right where we are today. Others invite us to lift our eyes beyond today and remember where this story is headed. Revelation 21:4 is one of those promises....  Read More

07/24/2026Today’s passage reminds us that temptation is something every believer faces. None of us are exempt. The encouragement isn’t that we’ll never be tempted, it’s that we never have to face temp...  Read More

07/22/2026Sometimes life feels like one long list of “what ifs.”What if the money doesn’t stretch far enough? What if the diagnosis gets worse? What if I lose my job? What if my family never changes? ...  Read More

07/21/2026There are days when we can push through on sheer determination. We keep going because people are counting on us, responsibilities don’t stop, and life doesn’t seem to slow down. But eventual...  Read More

07/17/2026Some mornings it’s easy to praise God. Life is going well, prayers seem to be getting answered, and hope comes naturally. Other mornings are different. The circumstances haven’t changed. The...  Read More

07/16/2026There are days when life feels calm and steady, and then there are days when it seems like everything hits at once. Temptation, discouragement, fear, disappointment, spiritual attacks, they ...  Read More

07/14/2026We’ve all had that moment when someone knocked on the door unexpectedly. Maybe you looked through the window first. Maybe you stayed quiet and hoped they would leave. A knock always requires...  Read More

07/12/2026We can become so familiar with words like grace, forgiveness, and redemption that they begin to lose their weight. Yet every one of those words points us back to a cross. Before we rush past...  Read More

07/11/2026There are some truths in Scripture that we need to hear over and over again. Not because we’ve forgotten them, but because life has a way of making us question them. Difficult days can make ...  Read More

07/10/2026Some promises of Jesus bring immediate comfort. Today’s verse is one of those verses. It reminds us that we are never alone when we gather in His name. But if we’re not careful, we can read ...  Read More

07/09/2026Some battles are worth walking away from. Others are worth giving everything you’ve got. We spend so much of our lives fighting deadlines, distractions, opinions, temptations, and problems t...  Read More