Making it Practical

Following Jesus in today’s world can be challenging. But living according to Jesus’ teaching is incredibly worthwhile. Call it life-changing.

Worship Jesus: Pour Out Heartfelt Gratitude

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. Psalm 100:4

Do you worry about others’ opinions when you show God gratitude with arms raised? True worship flows from the heart. This woman worships Jesus with abandon.

Transformed by God: Like Carving a Pumpkin

How are Christians Like Pumpkins?

Christians are like pumpkins, full of slimy seeds to clean out so God’s light can shine through our smiling faces. We’re transformed and filled w/ the Spirit.

Yom Kippur: A Powerful Call to Humility

Let us humble ourselves before God on Yom Kippur

Biblical figures, including Jesus, fell prostrate in worship. Today, we bow our heads in reverence? Yom Kippur reminds us to show humility before His Holiness.

Burn, Baby, Burn: Daily Devotion and Dedication

Dedicating ourselves daily to be filled with Holy Spirit fire

Our daily devotions aren’t just for information or inspiration. We dedicate our hearts to achieving God’s purposes.

Words Hurt: How Insults Conflict with a Heart for God

Hurling insults harms our heart for God. No creature of God is a good for nothing

The careless insult slips past our lips. You’re clueless. What a loser! Insulting words that wound one of God’s beloved hinder our relationship with God.

Be Transformed: Embrace Jesus’ Radical Love

The attraction of the church is its unity amid diversity

What if following the letter of the law misses the underlying intention? Jesus challenges us to love ‘neighbors’ we don’t like (maybe even hate). Here’s why?

Wise Men Build on Rock: Embracing Jesus’ Teaching

Experience Jesus presence by building a house on God's rock

I know that story! Maybe so, but the Bible is like an onion with many layers. A new tidbit about the wise man’s house built on rock strengthens the lesson.

Transform Your Heart: Go the Extra Mile with Radical Kindness

Go the extra mile originated in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount

‘Go the extra mile’ originated with Jesus. It shocked His original audience and demanded a radical attitude adjustment. Could we transform the world with love?

Turn the Other Cheek: What does Jesus mean?

Do you feel like a doormat? That is not what Turn the Other Cheek means.

Does Jesus really want us to turn the other cheek and accept abuse? NO!!! Let’s resist retaliation by offering the left cheek.

4 Ways the Holy Spirit Empowers Believers

The Holy Spirit empowers every believer

God pours out the Holy Spirit on the disciples just as Jesus promised – with power! What does it do? How does it work in us?

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