Posts with the category “servanthood”

09/29/2026There are things we protect almost without thinking. We lock the doors to our homes. We put passwords on our phones. We watch our bank accounts for suspicious activity. We’re careful about w...  Read More

09/28/2026There are times when you can feel yourself running low. You’re still showing up. Still handling responsibilities. Still answering the phone, taking care of people, doing what needs to be don...  Read More

09/26/2026Some mornings the fight starts before your feet ever hit the floor.You wake up thinking about the conversation from yesterday. Something somebody said is still bothering you. You’re already ...  Read More

09/23/2026I’ve had those moments when the words came out of my mouth and almost immediately I thought, I wish I could take that back. Maybe I was frustrated. Maybe I was tired. Maybe I felt misunderst...  Read More

09/15/2026Some mornings you wake up feeling ready for the day. Other mornings, before your feet ever hit the floor, yesterday is already waiting on you. The disappointment. The worry. The thing you wi...  Read More

09/12/2026There are days when you wake up already tired. Not just physically tired, although that can certainly be part of it, but tired from carrying things. A decision you haven’t figured out. Someo...  Read More

09/11/2026Sometimes loving people is inconvenient. It interrupts the schedule. It takes longer than we expected. It asks something from us when we already feel like we have plenty of our own stuff to ...  Read More

09/08/2026Sometimes the hardest part of trusting God isn’t believing He can do something. It’s trusting Him to decide when to do it. We’re usually pretty comfortable asking God to lead, as long as His...  Read More

09/03/2026There are days when life feels pretty manageable. Then there are days when you realize just how little you actually control. One phone call, one unexpected problem, one piece of news, and su...  Read More

08/27/2026There are days when the biggest battle isn’t around us, it’s where our mind keeps going. We can belong to Jesus, trust Him, love Him, and still find ourselves consumed with things that won’t...  Read More

08/23/2026There are some things we can do halfway and still get by. We can half-listen to a conversation. We can half-clean the garage. We can even half-follow the directions and somehow get the furni...  Read More

08/13/2026There are some verses that sound beautiful until we realize Jesus actually expects us to live them. Matthew 5:44 is one of those. Loving people who love us back is fairly easy. Jesus takes u...  Read More

08/09/2026Sometimes we hold tightly to what we have because we’re afraid there won’t be enough left for us. Enough money. Enough time. Enough energy. Enough patience. But God’s way has always been dif...  Read More

08/08/2026There’s a difference between saying a prayer and actually trusting God with what we prayed about. We can bring something to God in the morning and then spend the rest of the day worrying abo...  Read More

08/05/2026Sometimes we find ourselves waiting for something bigger.A bigger opportunity. A bigger paycheck. A bigger ministry. A bigger house. A bigger platform.We tell ourselves, “If I just had more,...  Read More

07/30/2026Words seem so small. They leave our mouths in a matter of seconds, yet their impact can last for years. Most of us can still remember something someone said decades ago, either because it li...  Read More

07/29/2026There’s a difference between believing in Jesus and surrendering to Him.Many of us are willing to invite Christ into certain parts of our lives. We’ll trust Him with our eternity, but strugg...  Read More

07/26/2026Most of us spend a lot of time giving value to things. We decide what’s worth our time, our money, our attention, and our affection. But every now and then, Scripture pulls our eyes away fro...  Read More

07/20/2026Most of us like clear directions. If there’s a shortcut that saves time or a road with less traffic, we’ll usually choose it. Life often works the same way. We naturally drift toward what fe...  Read More

07/16/2026There are days when life feels calm and steady, and then there are days when it seems like everything hits at once. Temptation, discouragement, fear, disappointment, spiritual attacks, they ...  Read More

07/09/2026Some battles are worth walking away from. Others are worth giving everything you’ve got. We spend so much of our lives fighting deadlines, distractions, opinions, temptations, and problems t...  Read More

07/08/2026Life moves fast. Our calendars fill up, our phones never seem to stop buzzing, and there is always one more thing that needs our attention. Somewhere along the way, rest often becomes someth...  Read More

07/07/2026There are moments in life when we come face-to-face with something we simply cannot fix. A broken relationship. A diagnosis. A wayward child. A habit we’ve tried to overcome for years. We ex...  Read More

07/06/2026There are moments when someone else’s need interrupts our plans. A phone call. A family asking for help. A stranger standing on a street corner. Sometimes we wonder if what we have to offer ...  Read More

07/04/2026Today, our nation celebrates 250 years of freedom. We remember the sacrifices that made our liberty possible, we gather with family and friends, and we thank God for the blessing of living i...  Read More

07/02/2026Some things in life feel solid until they aren’t. A job changes. A diagnosis comes. A relationship shifts. The plans you carefully laid out suddenly look nothing like what you expected. It’s...  Read More

06/28/2026Most people spend part of their lives asking the same questions: Why am I here? Does my life really matter? Am I making any difference? We often measure our value by what we’ve accomplished,...  Read More

06/27/2026There are moments in life when it feels like we’re fighting battles on every front. Temptation seems stronger than usual. Fear whispers louder than faith. Frustration builds, and we wonder w...  Read More

06/26/2026There’s a difference between what captures our attention and what deserves our attention. Every day we’re surrounded by headlines, deadlines, notifications, opinions, and distractions. Most ...  Read More

06/24/2026There are moments in life when the weight of the present feels overwhelming. A diagnosis changes everything. A relationship falls apart. A prayer seems unanswered. We know God is good, but s...  Read More

06/23/2026There are some verses that stop us in our tracks. They cut through the noise, the excuses, and even our religious routines. Amos 5:24 is one of those verses.The people of Israel were still a...  Read More

06/22/2026Seek FirstThere are a lot of things competing for our attention these days. Responsibilities. Finances. Family concerns. Health issues. Future plans. Some of those things are important and d...  Read More

06/20/2026There is a reason so many people walk around exhausted.It is not always because they are overworked.Sometimes it is because they are carrying things God never intended them to carry.Guilt is...  Read More

06/17/2026Love is one of the most talked-about words in our culture, yet one of the most misunderstood. We often define love by feelings, preferences, or what we receive from others. Jesus, however, g...  Read More

06/05/2026There are few things more powerful than hunger and thirst. When you have gone hours without food or spent a day working in the Texas heat without enough water, your body begins to crave what...  Read More

06/04/2026There is a common misconception that the strongest people are the loudest, most aggressive, or most determined to get their own way. Yet Jesus turned that idea upside down. In the Sermon on ...  Read More

05/28/2026There are a lot of people today with information, opinions, and knowledge, but very little wisdom. We live in a world where answers are only a search away, yet hearts are still anxious, brok...  Read More

05/26/2026Most people don’t struggle with knowing what Jesus would do nearly as much as they struggle with surrendering their own will long enough to actually do it. Pride fights for recognition. Ego ...  Read More

05/24/2026There are moments in life when you know you need courage, but courage feels hard to find. Maybe it’s the conversation you know you need to have. Maybe it’s standing for truth in a culture th...  Read More

05/22/2026There are moments in life when we assume people already know about Jesus because churches are everywhere, Bibles are easy to find, and Christian content fills social media feeds. But the tru...  Read More