DAILY DEVOTION
Day 669: Unselfishly Practicing Self-Care?
Mental and spiritual self-care is a hot topic. On Instagram, the hashtag “loveyourself” has been used around 42 million times. However, in modern culture, self-care is attached to a “me” mentality. Is there even such a thing then as biblical self-love? Can Christians...
Day 668: Getting Rid of Your Label
The New Testament is the story of stories, and it starts off all wrong. Most adventure stories begin with the wondrous “Once upon a time”, but Matthew starts his book with a genealogy. Why in the world would he do that? The greatest story ever told starts like a phone...
Day 667: The Coming of Jesus
I believe Jesus is coming soon. We see the Lord moving in astonishing ways around the world, and events are rapidly moving toward the day of his return. “So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near – at the doors! But of that day and hour no one...
Day 666: God Is A Rewarder
There is little purpose in prayer if we do not fully believe God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. I am persuaded that God delights in generously pouring out blessings upon his beloved children. David the psalmist insisted that God is bountiful and...
Day 665: Get Into The Ark
On April 9, 1680, the great Puritan preacher John Owen spoke the following message to his congregation: “You know that for many years, without failing, I have been warning you continually of an approaching calamitous time, and considering the sins that have been the...