Devotionals

There is a kind of pride that doesn’t look loud, arrogant, or bold on the outside. It looks strong, in
control, confident, and sometimes even spiritual.

There is a peace God gives in the beginning of our walk that almost feels like a honeymoon. It’s
soft, gentle, overwhelming, and it holds us steady when everything in our life is still in pieces.

There are few topics Christians debate more fiercely than the question of eternal security — “Can someone lose salvation?” Some believers are convinced that once a person is truly saved, they are forever sealed in Christ, based on Scriptures like John 10:28: “No one can snatch them out of My hand.”

There is a quiet battle happening in the Body of Christ today, and it has nothing to do with
salvation, the cross, or the essentials of the gospel. It is the battle over being right.

There is a kind of “faith” today that looks spiritual on the surface but produces no weight, no maturity, and no real transformation. It talks big, prays loud, quotes Scripture, dreams out ministries, and asks for platforms — but avoids the simple, hidden, daily disciplines that shape a true disciple.

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” — Proverbs 23:7

There is no doubt: medicine can be a gift from God. Anyone who works with broken people, traumatized souls, or individuals crushed by years of stress knows that the body and mind can become so depleted that a person simply cannot stabilize on their own.

And if you talk to almost any man or woman bound by meth, cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, or opioids, they’ll tell you one common truth: they didn’t start with the hard stuff. They started with the gateway drugs — marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, and now vaping.

There is no doubt: medicine can be a gift from God. Anyone who works with broken people, traumatized souls, or individuals crushed by years of stress knows that the body and mind can become so depleted that a person simply cannot stabilize on their own.

One of the hardest lessons God ever taught me—and still teaches me—is this: if I insist on defending myself, I leave no room for God to defend me. It sounds simple, but it cuts straight into our pride, our fear, and our need to control the outcome.

ADD ADHD….For years I’ve walked with men and women stamped with labels—ADD, ADHD, Bipolar, and everything else the world says can’t be removed. After a while you start to notice a pattern: it’s easier to hand out a pill than to sit long enough to touch the real wound.

Most of us know the Scripture: “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise” (Psalm 100:4).

We use it in worship, we sing it in songs, and around Thanksgiving we quote it a little more.

In every generation, the Church faces the tension between spiritual realities and human solutions. We live in a world where trauma is real, wounds are deep, and choices carry consequences.

Work is far more than a means of survival; it is one of God’s greatest classrooms and one of His most effective tools for forming the human heart. I have seen over and over, across decades of ministry, discipleship, recovery work, and servant-leadership training, that a person’s relationship with work almost always reveals their relationship with God.