Psalm 1:2-3 says, “But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.” If we want to grow in Christ and...
There is a reason the word ‘end’ has two meanings. It tells us when something is complete. When our life is complete and we have lived out the days God has given us, we come to the end. But end also means purpose. A good statement to remember is this: the chief end of man is to...
Solomon started his reign so well. What happened? We experience the same failure. We fail to persevere in wisdom and holiness for the same reason. Solomon didn’t want it. He didn’t want holiness as much as he wanted riches, glory, women, power, and fun. In our lives before we...
We are the temple of God if we are in Christ. Do we live in the presence of God throughout our day? If we take a minute to think about our day as it comes to an end, there are many stretches of time in which we didn’t feel God’s presence at all. It could be while we were taking...
We want godly wisdom, but worldly ideas bombard us constantly. Politics and money increasingly fight for our time and attention, and can seem like ideas that fit with Godly wisdom. They can be good ideas that benefit many, but in the end, they take us away from what God wants for...
We think “I’m doing great with God!” We pray passionately and devour the Word daily. We live for others in a life of service. Each day, we continue like this, but the prayer becomes routine, reading the Word becomes an obligation, and our time with God begins to be replaced...
Have you ever felt like this? You wake up to another day. You start thinking about what needs done, the problems that face you, and the hopeless cycle of another day like yesterday. You might fall right back into the worries that you took to bed with you about the future, or the regrets about...
Friends are sometimes an afterthought in our society. When the second episode of the third season starts on Netflix as you’re relaxing after a long day, we barely have time to think of friends. Christians are called to be friends; if not careful we can run the risk of settling for just...
Ever heard the command “Don’t judge”? While this is a quote from Jesus, it is often taken out of context by our society. The misinterpretation has become so prevalent in America our thoughts are likely affected by it every day. Our society’s idea of not judging people...
My family and I sat in a busy college lunch room and were greeted by a man in a suit who oversaw missions. The man was Dr. David Sills who oversees missions at Southern Seminary and Reaching & Teaching International Missions. We talked life and ministry, but also discussed missions, the...
