This is the third day I’ve been thinking about how we can please God even though we’re not perfect. The Bible hero David gives us much to consider on this score.

On a weekend for remembering, here are reminders of our posts this week. Which one will you share with a friend?

It’s good to remember our national heroes. It’s important to remember that Jesus is so much more than a hero.

There’s much we can do while waiting to experience the depth of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God. But these strategies do not form a checklist that will produce or provide the results you want and on the schedule you have in mind.

God is faithful. He’ll always help. But often his answers to our prayers will come in ways we never would have expected.

Shipwreck was inevitable. Death seemed certain. Hope was gone. And then God told Paul what would happen next.

Even before the pandemic, each of us was faced with situations we just couldn’t control. In such moments, especially for the leader, focusing on mission is vital.

Everyone gets in a tight spot sooner or later. Two Bible examples give insight into how to cope.

What’s happening in your life because of the way you’ve been responding to God’s Word? Maybe thoughts in this week’s posts can keep you moving forward.

Let’s think about more than the fact of change. Let’s allow the pandemic to help us think about the idea of change.

I’ll take the prayer of Jesus over the prayer of Jabez. I’ve learned some things about prayer from Paul, too.

We all have a decision to make about our present circumstances and our next steps. It’s all about our focus and our faith.

This is not a devotional about dental hygiene. It’s all about the words we speak. I’m also not writing to discuss proper grammar or the importance of a good vocabulary. This is about how your words can literally change the direction of a community.

Very seldom will someone just give up at the first indication of struggle or pain. It’s when it persists for very long that discouragement creeps in. Before you realize it, the negative self-talk begins. But it doesn’t need to continue.

Sometimes we wish we had a formula that would guarantee the kids grow up successful,, full of faith, and without pain. Eventually we realize our children are free to make their own choices. I thought of this when I read today about Eutychus.

Something making you afraid? You’re not the first one to feel fear; in fact, several posts this week give us clues to how the Bible says to deal with fear. Choose some of these to read again. Maybe you’ll even send a link to share one of these posts with a friend!

Like you, I enjoy and depend on the digital dimensions of my life. But I don’t think online church can be a permanent substitute for in-person worship.

When I someone says, “I have a situation,” often this means they are in the middle of a difficultly or, worse, a crisis. We all have situations, and today’s passage gives clues for getting through them.

Given the chance to escape our captors, which one of us wouldn’t have decided to leave? Maybe we can learn something from Paul’s decision just to stay put.

God and I have had many conversations on this topic. I’ve gotten better at stillness. But these daily devotionals convict me. I have to fight simply to listen.