Jul 28, 2019
Everyone finds security in predictability and comfort. However, spiritual growth happens in the areas of divergence and inconvenience. The will of God is often found in our interruptions!Live with and open hand—the tighter the grip, the more damaging the removal. Flexibility isn’t lack of planning but a willingness...
Jul 21, 2019
God built humanity with limits—physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. These limits are designed to give a self-check on ungodly patterns of living. Any over-indulgence is a distortion of God’s good gifts of pleasure and can result in sin. Making money, sexual contact, relational connection,...
Jul 14, 2019
At the beginning, God instilled in humanity the recognition and need for reverence and respect—for God, other people, and all of creation (Gen. 1:26; Heb. 12:28; Rev. 11:18). As humans are the only creatures capable of giving and receiving reverence, they are also the only ones capable of dishonor and disrespect....
Jul 7, 2019
Because humans are made in God’s image, they have the ability to make moral decisions about what they believe is right for them. As we are built to live in concert with God’s will, any choice against that is a result of pride (Gen. 3:5, 4:7). Pride is a spiritual disposition, either in thought or deed, that exalts a...