Today’s Word
Sufficient
“My grace is sufficient for you for my power is perfected in weakness” 2 Corinthians 12:9 Sufficient – We start a new year with insufficiencies. There are undoubtedly many things on your “needs” list. Rest. Resources. Money. Motivation (for all those New Year’s resolutions). Love. Liberty. Paul faced an insufficiency too. Something that was very…
Kiss of love
“Greet one another with a kiss of love” 1 Peter 5:14 Kiss of love – At the end of my life, I want to be known for the kisses I left behind. I want people to miss my affection and my care for them. I want to be thought of as someone who left a…
Expose
“Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;” Ephesians 5:11 Expose – So you did a little soul searching? You looked hard at what pulls your strings. You decided to cut some ties to the fellowship of the dark. Paul is cheering. But this is only the first step. …
Participate
“Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;” Ephesians 5:11 Participate – I participate in a lot of different things. I am in a Frequent Flyer club. I am a member of my Home Owners Association. I have an account with Citibank. But this is not the kind of…
Hope of profit
“But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities” Acts 16:19 Hope of profit – Nobody cared until it was a question of money. How much are we like the masters of this slave woman? We don’t pay…
Crying out
“And following after them, she kept crying out saying, “These men are bondservants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”” Acts 16:17 Crying out – When is a public relations campaign for God an annoyance and a distraction? When do our pronouncements about God’s grace fall on deaf…