Developing Spiritual Grit part 3
Developing the right Mindset In order to have spiritual grit in life’s storms, we have to decide beforehand how we will handle …
Developing Spiritual Grit part 2
Starting with a firm foundation and with a goal The United States Marine Corps has a 13 week recruit training to make …
Developing Spiritual Grit part 1
I have, over the past couple of years, become interested in mental toughness. I listen to podcasts and read books by Navy …
Let your light shine
Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give …
His completed work
Philippians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion …
Give your best, first
Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says …
Love Jesus more than anything
Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all …
Living sacrifice: All that you are
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you …
Living sacrifice: Presenting your heart
Matthew 19:21-22 Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you …
Living sacrifice: Presenting your feet
Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Have you ever thought you knew what you were supposed …
Living sacrifice: Presenting your hands
We can spend our time doing selfish things or on things that matter. Where are you spending your most valuable assets?
Living sacrifice: Presenting your mouth
A transformed heart leads to words that build up, not destroy, encourage, not hurt, praise God, not defame Him.
Living sacrifice: Presenting your mind
If we’re followers of Jesus, we use our bodies to make Christ known. That’s why we sacrifice what we are.
Living sacrifices
Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and …
Resolved: To go to my Lord in good times
53. Resolved, to improve every opportunity, when I am in the best and happiest frame of mind, to cast and venture my …
Resolved: To assess my spiritual health
48. Resolved, constantly, with the utmost niceness and diligence, and the strictest scrutiny, to be looking into the state of my soul, …
Resolved: To live with all my might
6. Resolved, to live with all my might, while I do live. Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and …
Resolved: To make the most of my time
5. Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can. Time is a …
Resolved: To innovate for God’s glory
2. Resolved, to be continually endeavoring to find out some new invention and contrivance to promote the aforementioned things. -Jonathan Edwards Romans …
Resolved: To seek God’s glory
1. Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God’s glory, and my own good, profit and pleasure, …
Resolved
What’s your New Year’s resolution? For the past few years, I’ve resolved not to make resolutions. The thing is, they don’t work. …
The man Joseph
Matthew 1:19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. …
New Law or Gospel Freedom?
Colossians 2:20-23 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the …
Overcoming the World
1 John 5:1-5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father …
Children of God
1 John 2:28-3:10 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink …
The New Commandment
1 John 2:7-14 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old …
Do Not Love the World
1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of …
Let your yes be yes
Matthew 5:34-35,37 But I say to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, …
Honor your father and mother
Ephesians 6:1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment …
Use your time wisely
Ephesians 5:15-16 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days …
How to be a light
Ephesians 5:8-10 for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the …
The Fruit of the Spirit
Today’s devotion comes from Devotions for Young Disciples, where we’ll be posting every Wednesday for kids from ages 8-12. If you’re a …
The fruit of the Spirit – Patience
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the spirit is…patience Patience is never a subject that Christians want to hear a message about. …
The fruit of the Spirit – Peace
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the spirit is…peace Love…joy…and now peace. The fruit of the spirit begins with three very related …
The fruit of the Spirit – Joy
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the spirit is…joy What’s the first thing that the nonbeliever can see about a professed believer? …
The fruit of the Spirit – Love
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the spirit is love… Paul starts out the portion of his letter to the Galatian Christians …
Spiritual Disciplines – Worship
John 4:24 “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” What is worship? Is it simply a …
Forgiveness takes away the enemy’s weapon
Ephesians 4:26-27 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the …
More than conquerors
Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. In Christ we will prevail …
Spiritual Disciplines – Prayer
Matthew 6:6,7 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then …
Romans: Make War
Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the …
Romans: We are not debtors to the flesh
Romans 8:12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. It may seem, as we …
Romans: Those in the flesh cannot please God
Romans 8:8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Where is your allegiance? What team are you on? You might say …
Romans: Submission to God
Romans 8:7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; …
Romans: Flesh is Death
Romans 8:6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life …
Romans: Live According to the Spirit
Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who …
Be excited for good
True Christianity Romans 12:11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. When doing good for others, …
Do good
True Christianity Romans 12:10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Have you ever been part of …
Love good
True Christianity Romans 12:9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. What are the marks …
Dealing with anger
Ephesians 4:26 Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. God has made it …