Redeeming Waste | 5-Minute Friday
It’s time for 5-minute Friday, a one-word writing prompt where we write for 5 minutes without editing or stopping. Today’s word is say.
Say … As soon as I read the word for today I knew what I was going to say.
Is God Challenging You to Do Something New? | 5-Minute Friday
It’s time for 5-minute Friday, a one-word writing prompt where we write for 5 minutes without editing or stopping. Today’s word is say.
Say … As soon as I read the word for today I knew what I was going to say.
Reading through the Bible – Why It’s So Important
If you’re like most Christians, you have thought about reading through the Bible. Maybe you have tried in the past but quit somewhere along the line. Or maybe you have done it successfully … perhaps numerous times.
Why is it so important? Can’t we get everything we need by going to church, reading a verse or two each day, and listening to podcasts here and there? Isn’t it just too time-consuming? One more thing on a long to-do list? And if we make that commitment, how do we press through when it’s tempting to give up?
Please keep reading. I’d like to answer those questions and offer you one more way to help make this your year to read the Bible from start to finish.
Soul Survival – Bible in a Year Now on YouTube
I will still be here in the coming year blogging through the Bible in a Year. But beginning this January, I’ll also be posting Bible in a Year videos on YouTube. You can view several of them right now including...
How Can We Have Peace, Joy & Confidence in the New Year?
This year is drawing to a close and many of us are thinking about our desires and goals for 2023. By the time you read this, we may have already turned the calendar. With all the turmoil and instability over the last few years, most of us want more peace, more joy, and more confidence in the future. Are we at the mercy of the government or the economy or the culture around us if we’re to have those things? Or is it possible that the right goals and habits can play a big part? If so, what kind of goals and habits?
What Are You Doing to Keep Christ in Christmas? | 5-Minute Devo
It’s easy this time of year to see how the message of Christmas has been blurred or almost obliterated in many places. Schools schedule a “winter break” instead of a “Christmas vacation.” Candy canes and Christmas trees are out, to say nothing of nativity scenes and wise men. Even Santa and reindeer are out in some places as guilty by association.
We can’t control what others do but we need to ask ourselves, what are you and I doing to personally shine the light of Christ into the world in which we live? Are we so focused on long lines and long to-do lists that we fail to share the most important thing about Christmas … the gospel of Jesus Christ?
Yet, maybe the idea of sharing the gospel at any time of year is intimidating to you. Check out today’s post to learn about a simple resource and some other suggestions that can help you share your faith this Christmas season.
Is Maintaining a Good Thing or a Bad? | 5-Minute Friday
Maintain … is it a good thing or a bad? I think it could be either depending on what we are maintaining. The first thing that comes to mind is maintaining the status quo. That’s usually a bad thing. It makes me think of maintaining mediocrity. But I believe there are other areas where maintaining is a good or at least a neutral thing.
Thanking God for Third-Stage Moments | 5-Minute Friday
Leaving a church that you love and the church family you have come to know and love is always hard. But then maybe it should be.
When God Seems Silent | 5-Minute Devo & Newsletter
We’ve all been there. Maybe you’re there right now. You’re going through a trial yet God seems nowhere to be found. And you find yourself wondering why.
You believe His promise to never leave you or forsake you. You believe God answers prayers. But … silence.
Leaving a Church Home | 5-Minute Friday
Leaving a church that you love and the church family you have come to know and love is always hard. But then maybe it should be.
