Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.1 Corinthians 4:16 For Meditation If how we live is different from what we teach, we show that we are hypocrites. Leadership has everything to do with exemplary living. It demonstrates our faith in the … Continue reading Life and Doctrine: No Contradictions.

Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country.Exodus 18:27 For Meditation Knowing to step away when your work is done, is critically important. A minute or day beyond that may be burdensome. Jethro visited Moses in the desert with Moses's wife and two sons (Exod. 18:5-6). He was … Continue reading A Graceful Exit

The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.Proverbs 21:31 For Meditation  He sat through those endless nights of research and rewrites, putting those impeccable concepts and proposals together. The favorable critical reviews grabbed the headlines after its publication. The funding will flow, and implementation will begin shortly. “I … Continue reading Did You Not Forget Something?

When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?Galatians 2:14 For Meditation Hypocrisy is poisonous … Continue reading Confronting Hypocrisy

I am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God. Bend down and listen as I pray.Psalm 17:6 For Meditation You know when a word jumps out of your reading and will not leave you? It becomes so personal that you begin to praise the Lord intimately. That is what today’s scripture … Continue reading Praying with Confident Assurance.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.2 Corinthians 2:14 Your Encouragement Thank God that we Christians are captives in the triumphal procession of Christ (2 Cor. 2:14). Like a soccer team that has just won the world … Continue reading Let the Sweet Fragrance Fill the Air.

Peter asked Jesus, “What about him, Lord?”John 21:21 For Meditation Unbelievable, Peter. After all that you’ve been through with the Lord – the warnings, the candid statements to you, your failures, your frustrations, His refreshing fellowship, and restoration this morning – is that what you can do to begin this journey with Him? When He … Continue reading What About Him?

“I tell you the truth, when you were young, you were able to do as you liked; you dressed yourself and went wherever you wanted to go. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will dress you and take you where you don’t want to go.” Jesus said this to … Continue reading Really!