Don’t Let Success Make You SleepyAmos 6:1“Woe to you who are at ease in Zion…”Comfort can become dangerous when it produces complacency. Amos warned people who had become so comfortable that they stop...  Read More

You Don't Need Everybody to UnderstandNehemiah 2:12"I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem."Nehemiah carried a God-given vision before he announced it publicly. He understood...  Read More

Don’t Eat Your Seed2 Corinthians 9:10“Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown…”God provides both bread and seed, but wisdom knows the ...  Read More

 Stop Rehearsing the Insult1 Samuel 25:32,33"Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! And blessed is your advice."David was angry enough to retaliate against Nabal until Ab...  Read More

Don't Make a Permanent Decision in a Temporary EmotionGenesis 25:32"And Esau said, 'Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?'"Hunger convinced Esau that the immediate moment mattered...  Read More

Bring Him Your Attention Ecclesiastes 5:1“Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear…”It is possible to be physically present in worship while your mind is somewhere else. Y...  Read More

Don't Confuse Enough with Not EnoughExodus 36:7"For the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done indeed too much."We are conditioned to notice what is missing. Not enough money. No...  Read More

Check the FoundationHaggai 1:7"Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Consider your ways!'"Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is stop and evaluate.Haggai challenged God's people because they were bu...  Read More

Borrowed Clothes Won't Fit1 Samuel 17:39"And David said to Saul, 'I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.' So David took them off."Saul's armor was good armor. It simply wasn't David's a...  Read More

Let the Axe Float2 Kings 6:6"Then the man of God said, 'Where did it fall?'and made the iron float."Sometimes what you lose seems too small to bother God with. The borrowed axe head wasn't a national ...  Read More

Don't Answer Every KnockProverbs 26:4"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him."Not every comment requires a response. Not every accusation deserves an explanation. Not e...  Read More

Keep Your Eyes on the Finish LineHebrews 12:1"Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us."Life is full of distractions. Some are obvious, while others appear harmless until they slowly p...  Read More