The Halfway Point

The Halfway Point

If you had to guess what your life would look like 17 years from now, do you think you could do it with any degree of accuracy? I couldn’t. And that thought is especially on my mind today, because Sunday marks 17 years since I was baptized. That’s half my life. Half!...
A good work

A good work

Hey. Take a look at this verse: “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6, ESV). That’s about you. And all of us. But also you. God began a good work in you, and He’s going to...
Lights, Baskets, and Good Deeds

Lights, Baskets, and Good Deeds

If you’re doing good things in order to be seen, you’re doing them for the wrong reason. But if you’re doing good things, you will be seen. “For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed” (1 John 3:20)....
Praising the God Who Takes Away

Praising the God Who Takes Away

It’s easy to praise the God who gives you what you ask for. The God who opens doors of opportunity for you. The God who pours down blessings on you from the windows of heaven. The God who silences your enemies and builds a protective hedge around you and bears you up...