When creation fails to satisfy your heart, it’s not a tragedy, it’s grace. God’s teaching you that what you seek can only be found in him.
It’s my heart that’s the problem. People, locations and situations don’t cause me to sin, they’re where the sin of my heart gets revealed.
December 9, 2011
January 13, 2012
You’re wasting your time figuring out your future. Your Lord has already figured it out and he simply calls you to trust and obey.
Self-righteousness makes you blind to yourself, but critical of others. Grace causes you to be honest with yourself and forgiving of others.
March 6, 2012
May 16, 2012
Don’t panic when your life is out of control, you never had control anyway. Your life is under the rule of One who is wise, holy and good.
Thanksgiving: it really is a humbling thing to consider; there’s no good thing in your life that’s not the result of underserved grace.
August 30, 2012
November 22, 2012
Today you’ll fail once again and you’ll either wallow in the disappointment of self- righteousness or run quickly to the grace of Jesus.
Maturity is not about becoming independent, but about recognizing how deeply dependent you are on God’s faithful grace.
December 6, 2012
January 12, 2013
Corporate worship is designed to lure you away from your little kingdom of one and enthrall you again with God’s kingdom of glory and grace.
Don’t put the resurrection away for the year. Commit to reminding yourself of its rescue and hope morning after morning after morning.
January 13, 2013
April 1, 2013
If God were just a judge, no one would confess anything. It’s his mercy that gives us the courage to confess and not hide.
You should celebrate the blessings that are yours today, but make sure you worship the Giver and not the gift.
April 4, 2013
July 31, 2013
If you perfectly obeyed every command for a thousand years, you’d be no more accepted with God than when you first believed.
Obedience is not what gets you grace. No, it’s the evidence that grace has gotten you.
September 6, 2013
September 6, 2013
It’s entitlement that fuels complaint. When you think you deserve what you don’t deserve you focus on needs unmet rather than grace given.
It is important that we tell ourselves again today that we need the grace of Jesus right now as much as we needed it when we first believed.
November 27, 2013
May 17, 2014
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