Do you believe in predestination? If you do or don’t, why or why not? Is it because the Bible says or because our logic dictates it? One of the reasons why good Christians don’t believe in predestination is because if true, it will render our actions useless. For example, if a certain group of people […]

The desire to standout or be different is a sign of immaturity. No one wants to be average. We all want to stand out from the crowd. We hate it when we are told, “Oh, you are like everyone else.” And the whole industry is built upon this principle that “he who stands out from […]

Psalm 78:70-71–He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds; 71 from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.72 With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand.  The mentality to want more than we can handle starts early in life.  With young children wanting […]

It is at the same time puzzling and comforting what even a godly person will do in private. It is puzzling because you wouldn’t expect of it from the godly and comforting because we are no different. David is God’s anointed. He is everything that the King Saul is not. King Saul was a coward […]

Here I am sitting at Starbucks writing this devotional and all around me are people seated in pairs using “words” to communicate with one another. Have you thought about the importance of words? Without words, not only are we not able to communicate, we cannot even think. What sets human beings apart from animals is […]

A fear of death could be a healthy thing. It focuses our minds to what’s really important. This morning, as I was getting ready for school, a thought occurred to me, “What if I was supposed to have died yesterday and I’m living on borrowed time?” Perhaps this thought came to me because I’m reading […]

Psalm 78:18-19–They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. 19 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness? One of the things that can cause great frustration within relationships is to be unappreciated.  Usually that feeling comes because we see ourselves as being consistently good to that person.  […]

When we properly understand the message of the gospel, we will know how utterly helpless we are that it will drive us to our knees in utter desperation. The gospel message is and has always been that God did everything to save us. And when it says everything, it means everything! It’s not that God […]

1 John 3:1,3–See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him…3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Although respect, […]

Does your heart rejoice when you come across someone who is more gifted than you in making much of God? For example, perhaps you serve in a worship team at church, and you are known for a beautiful voice. Do you rejoice when someone whose voice is even better than yours joins the team? What […]