A Prayer to Pursue a Life of Obedience

“When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is my commandment: Love each other in the same...

Dare to be Abraham

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. (Hebrews 11:8) I have recently been wrestling with what it means to be ‘called’ to something. We often hear in...

The Gift of Obedience

“Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy...

Enduring the Mundane

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Gal. 6:9 Wake up. Take a shower. Make breakfast. Drop kids at school. Go to work. Check to-do list. Answer emails. Respond to text messages. Unload...

Free to Run

“I run in the path of your commands for you have set my heart free.” Ps. 119:32 What separates Christianity from all other world religions is the fact that man is not enslaved to a merit-based system where performance determines favor. Every other religion...