Don’t Confuse Correction with Rejection Psalm 141:5“Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; it shall be as excellent oil.”Correction rarely feels like kindness when...  Read More

Don't Confuse Correction with RejectionPsalm 141:5"Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; it shall be as excellent oil."Correction rarely feels like kindness when ...  Read More

Don't Let Hurry Make You CarelessProverbs 19:2"He sins who hastens with his feet."Hurry has a price. When you rush, you miss details, overlook people, make assumptions, and sometimes create problems t...  Read More

Ask the Better QuestionJohn 5:6“Do you want to be made well?”Jesus asked a man who had been sick for thirty-eight years what sounded like an obvious question. But sometimes we become so accustomed to ...  Read More

Don't Let Envy Eat Your JoyProverbs 14:30"A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones."Envy rarely announces itself. It slips in quietly when someone else gets the opportuni...  Read More

Don’t Just Hear the Music 2 Chronicles 5:13–14“When the trumpeters and singers were as one… the house of the Lord was filled with a cloud.”Corporate worship is more than music performed while you watc...  Read More

Stop Saving the Good Stuff Proverbs 3:27“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.”We save compliments for funerals. Flowers for special occasio...  Read More

Stop Measuring Seeds Psalm 126:6“He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”Sometimes you plant while hur...  Read More

Learn to Leave Some Things UnfinishedMark 1:35–38“Everyone is looking for You… But He said to them, ‘Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also.’”Everybody wanted something from Jesus...  Read More

Make the Call Proverbs 27:9“Ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.”We live in an age of constant communication and surprising lone...  Read More

Don’t Let One Bad Chapter Become the Whole Book Ruth 1:20“Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.”Naomi experienced so much loss that she started naming h...  Read More

Don’t Let the Crowd Choose for You Exodus 23:2“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil.”Crowds are powerful. They can make wrong feel normal and compromise feel reasonable. When enough people agree wi...  Read More