“Don’t waste your valuable time with people that are not adding to your growth. Your destiny is too important.” I have read similar quotes from various authors and speakers so I won’t bother identifying the source beyond assuring you I’ve heard such comments from so-called motivational speakers or life coaches who claim to be Christ-followers. […]
Sacrifice
God’s Value System is Usually Different than Ours
My friend, Dennis, recently reshared this nugget on Facebook, a post he originally posted back in 2012. Several years ago, I was complaining about a donated couch that was old, torn, and dirty. I was bending the ear of a precious sister. I wanted her to take part in my rant, and so I asked […]
Advent Series – Part One – He is Our Righteousness
The Cambridge dictionary defines Advent as the beginning of an event, the invention of something, or the arrival of a person. For Christians, Advent starts four weeks before Christmas. The season of Advent is meant to be one of hopeful reflection, anticipating the coming Messiah. I will be providing a devotion each week during Advent as […]
Wake Up, It’s not the Time to Sleep In!
As I mentioned earlier, I live within blocks of a fire station that serves a large metropolitan area. I am so accustomed to the sirens whizzing by that I no longer awaken from my sleep as fire trucks and ambulances race below me at night. I blissfully sleep on in the safety of my cosy […]
Martyr Complex or Laying Down Your Life?
A few years back, I had a fantastic discussion with friends on what it meant to lay down our lives for others. What did Jesus mean when He said,” Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.“? (John 15:13) Martyrdom was the first thing that came up […]
The Lost Truly Are Lost
John clutched a scrap of paper in one hand as he gazed up at the massive skyscrapers that lined unfamiliar streets of a city far from his home. Heaving a frustrated sigh, the young man glanced down at the paper, then crumpled it in his hand before turning around to head in the opposite direction. […]