Daily Devo | July 24, 2020
…It’s a beautiful picture! All of us doing nothing out of selfish ambition, but rather in humility considering them more important than ourselves.
Daily Devo | July 23, 2020
” Before there was light the “earth was formless and void. The Hebrew words for formless and void create a rhyme. They are: tohu (formless) and bohu (void). So the world was tohu va bohu, and darkness covered the chaotic, shapeless, void-ness. But where was God? God is there. Present in the darkness…
Daily Devo | July 22, 2020
“Do everything without grumbling and arguing,” says Paul, because they are the language of slavery to sin, not worship of God who is “merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love…
Daily Devo | July 21, 2020
This means is that “working out our salvation” is working to see that grace continues working its way in to reshape our hearts and minds, and then works its way out into our relationships. It means that we are conscious of the tone of our life.
Daily Devo | July 20, 2020
The way that Paul talks to his brothers and sisters in Christ is filled with a deep and abiding affection for them. How did your sentences begin this weekend? What words did you use? Did they start with “My dear friend…”?
Daily Devo | July 17, 2020
When Jesus “humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death…” it wasn’t a decision made up on the fly. Revelation 13:8 shows us that in some sense Jesus “wore the servant’s towel from eternity”
Daily Devo | July 16, 2020
God proves that he really loves you by the gift of his Son. He’s telling you this to melt your heart. He wants you to see that you don’t need to be ruled by fear because he controls everything.
Daily Devo | July 15, 2020
This section of Philippians is often referred to as “The Christ Hymn” (2:5-11). It’s a poetic retelling of the story of the gospel from the Garden to the New Creation in which the main theme is Jesus’ humility.
Daily Devo | July 14, 2020
“Do nothing out of (literally) mercenary motivations…” Christians are citizens whose loyalty is reserved for their heavenly kingdom and King. Therefore, we live with a abiding allegiance to Christ
Daily Devo | July 13, 2020
Philippians 2:1-2 is a run-on sentence showing us the posture required to “live in a manner worthy of the gospel.” Here’s the posture: Unity. But before and as the basis for that unity, Paul lavishes us with the encouraging realities of the gospel.
