“Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Thine be done.” Luke 22:42 But – The life of a servant leader is built around a pause. It is the pause that separates short-term results from the long-term effectiveness. Jesus faced exactly the same pause. He saw a shorter…
“Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established.” Proverbs 4:26 Watch – Have you ever tried to teach a child to ride a bicycle? The first thing that children do is watch their feet. They are so concerned about turning the pedals that they fix their eyes on the wrong…
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 Workmanship – Your life is a divinely inspired poem. Yes, that’s right. The same word used for “workmanship” in this verse is the root of our English word poem. In fact,…
“for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6:21 Treasure – “So give me money, that’s what I want. Give me money, money, money, that’s what I want.” Do you remember John and Paul (not the disciples) lyrics? Even if you weren’t alive when they sang that song, you don’t have…
“rejoicing dries up from the sons of men.” Joel 1:12 Dries up – Yesterday I received a newsletter on the plight of people in Haiti. It began with this verse from Joel. Today the newspaper headlines carried the story of more killing and turmoil in that country. A few weeks ago I wrote about Cite…
“Therefore there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 Condemnation – God loves you and wants to forgive you. But watch out! As soon as you “get saved”, then God turns into the moral policeman who beats you up over every single thing you do wrong. Is that how you…
“and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,” Romans 12:2 Conformed– EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it. I need to make a correction. In literary circles its called errata. But in spiritual circles it’s called “sin”. Conformity to this world is sin in God’s view. What’s…
“I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me.” Psalm 101:3 We have a big field behind our home. It used to be full of underbrush and weeds. Whenever we walked in that field, our clothes would be…
“I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me.” Psalm 101:3 We know what “worthless” means. It means “good for nothing, garbage, trash.” Of course, in these days of recycling, garbage and trash might actually be worth something. …
2 “Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;” Exodus 34:6 A few days ago we looked at another form of this word (chanan). Have you been gathering chicks under your Hebrew wings? Today we…
