God is alive and at work in those who serve him today. This week’s posts suggest ways to see that true in your own life. Choose one or two to read again, and pick your favorite to share with a friend.

For the purposes of this piece, let’s all agree you’re right. So how will you—how will any of us—use the strength received by being right?

It’s remarkable how God used Joseph, even when he wasn’t trained for the jobs God gave him. With all that we’ve learned, how can God use us?

The Joseph story reminds me that sometimes I need to look at my difficult situation through a wider lens.

It’s not much a sales pitch, but when you realize what if offers, you may realize it’s the only way to live.

We do well to notice that the first believers had all things in common. And we do well to ask, “What do we have in common with the believers closest to us?”

What might happen if we dared to allow him to use us at dinner tables, in meetings, with neighbors, in government, wherever we go?

Encouragement. Hope. Challenge. Hopefully, you’ve discovered all that and more as you’ve read this week’s posts. Note the link at the bottom of each one, leading you to a printable version for that post. Decide which would most encourage or challenge someone you know, and share it today.

Although God does promise comfort for every bereaved believer coping with life’s devastating losses, Jesus seems to be addressing something different here.

I guarantee you Charlie Woods learned his mannerisms from dad Tiger without any formal instruction. So what are others learning from you and me?

If you end up on a day where it seems everyone has abandoned the kingdom of God and you are the only one left, then run, don’t walk, to the Lord in prayer. Let him know your pain points and lonely thoughts.

Maybe it's just a Southern thing, but have you noticed there’s a whole lot of “blessing” going on?

Even as fragile and small as we are, we have been entrusted with responsibility to manage the planet. . . . The psalmist gives us not only inspiration but also hope in Psalm 8.

This year, as in every year, we are called to join our Creator and our King in creating, renewing, restoring, and subduing until he comes again.

Learning from the example of Nehemiah and considering the poverty advocated by the first Beatitude—those are the possibilities offered by this week’s posts. Which ones do you want to read again? Which would be best for you to share with a friend?

How readily will we seek a state of spiritual poverty? Are we ready to stand before God and agree we really have nothing to offer him?

Maybe prayers that ask God to remember are really more about us remembering that God keeps his promises. I think that became Nehemiah’s issue.

Good leaders not only take on projects. They also develop the people that will lead when they have finished their assignments. The first step Nehemiah took was to appoint leaders for different functions to extend and continue the work of the city.

Instead of threats, they offered him kindness. But Nehemiah knew their overtures were really just another effort to distract him from the work God gave him.

Opposition from without was not the only problem Nehemiah faced. Just as dangerous were situations he found among his own people.