Devotional Archives for Your Daily Prayer
Jesus is our only source who will bear fruit that lasts, fruit that is bubbling and overflowing. Let’s start attaching to Jesus more in all we do and experience more fruit that never runs dry.
Whether your crossroad decision pertains to something simple, like the day’s agenda, or something weightier, like how best to educate your children, we need help sorting through all the options to find the best path for our lives.
When we need wisdom on how to find peace, there is one place we can look to find the answers. We can look to Jesus. He gives us instructions on how to act so we can have quiet, simple lives. It’s not always easy, but it is possible to find the grace to muddle through conflicts that inevitably come up in our relationships.
Whether we feel more comfortable sitting with our heads bowed and hands folded in worship, or in singing, dancing, and raising our hands, worship can take on forms that are not coming sincerely from truly devoted hearts but rather from pressure to follow certain acceptable outward expressions.
How can we maintain the tension of embracing new beginnings with hope without diminishing our hesitation to believe everything always ends up working out wonderfully?
We are able to be filled by His Spirit each day, enabling us to take on the biggest challenges in life with His strength.
One morning, in my study of 1 Thessalonians, I read these words from Paul in 5:1-11, lingering over our key verse, “But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.” As he often does, Paul reminds believers that they are soldiers in God’s army and must prepare and protect themselves for battle.
Humility is expressed through the fruits of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control are all ways that we show others God’s goodness through our actions. When we seek to embody these fruits, we are living in alignment with God’s way.
Family is a precious gift from God. Our homes should be a place of comfort, nurturing, and leading others to a life with Jesus.
When opportunities arise, and it is in our purview to help, let us be people who look at serving others as a privilege and not a penalty for following Christ.