Tag: devotional
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Becoming “Me”–through Christ
“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another” (2 Corinthians 3:18). I am not who I once was. But I am more myself than ever before. How can that be? Our culture tends to emphasize how our life experiences shape and…
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Can God Really Use Someone Like Me?
“For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong” (1 Corinthians 1:26-27). In the…
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But Am I “Enough?”
“I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue” (Exodus 4:10). Sometimes being a quiet person in a noisy world can make us feel like outsiders. Sometimes we even feel that way in the church. Have you ever felt…
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Keep Shining
“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light” (Luke 8:16). You do not have to blaze big and bright to serve God. A candle in the dark can be as beautiful…
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The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved
“When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby…” (John 19:26a). In the gospel of John, John repeatedly referred to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 13:23; John 19:26; John 20:2; John 21:7; John 21:20). For a long time, I didn’t understand what John was saying. Was he claiming…
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Pause…and Praise
“But may all who seek You rejoice and be gad in You; may those who love Your salvation say continually, ‘Great is the Lord!’” (Psalm 40:16). There is a particular longing in my soul today to sit in the greatness of my God. Will you come, friend, and sit with me? Wherever you are, whatever…
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“Becoming” in Christ
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; hold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Our faith as Christians isn’t an external belief—it is a new identity. It is a change that is wrought from the inside out. The moment we place our faith in…
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Whatever You Do
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31). Do you teach? Teach with love and pray for your students. Let them see Jesus in you. Do you sing, dance, or paint? Let your creativity pour forth in praise. Do you work in an…
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Finding More
“Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” (Matthew 6:25). I’ve been feeling a low-level anxiety buzzing through my veins. Maybe…
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From Broken to Beautiful: We All Have a Story
“Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, ‘He told me all that I ever did’” (John 4:39). I may be the owner of a small, simple soul, but I am also a vessel of the Holy Spirit of our loving, limitless God. I may feel I have nothing to offer God, but…