What Moves Your Heart? . . . give, and it will be given to you—Luke 6:38 When we begin following Jesus Christ, he shapes for us new hearts—just as God promised for Israel: “I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart…
What Worked? What Didn’t? . . . he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come—2 Corinthians 5:17 God’s at work in us—every one of us—whether we can see it or not (Philippians 2:13). He’s working to transform our character into the character of his son, our King, Jesus…
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone—Galatians 6:10 Once we’ve decided to do something, we men often like to “go big.” We think to ourselves: if we’re going to do this thing, let’s really do it. We can bring this kind of thinking, this “go big” mentality, to all kinds…
A Pernicious Loop . . . he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything—Acts 17:25 There are few more powerful (and potentially harmful) forces at work in the lives of men than the When/Then lie. It goes like this: when we get that job, that promotion, that house, that “number” in the…
\”Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.\” — Psa 97:11. WRITING OF Emerson, Margaret Fuller says in her diary: \”Emerson has been here this morning with a sunbeam in his face.\” It is recorded of Daniel Rowlands, the famous Welsh preacher—to hear whom on the Sunday morning people would…