Spiritual Growth

Devotional-style readings to help you grow and develop wisdom as a spouse, parent, friend, leader, and most importantly, as a Jesus-follower.
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Spiritual Warfare

Replacements Required

This is the time of year when people are in the gym, eating kale, and going to bed early. It’s “New Year’s Resolution” season, and we’re all talking about what we’re NOT going to do,…

What do you want? What do you want?
Purpose

What do you want?

Storytelling & screenwriting begin with the question “Who is he and what does he want?” The main character has to want something if it’s going to be an interesting story. For it to be an…

God Is Good God Is Good
Theology

God Is Good

“God is great, God is good. Let us thank Him for our food.” Maybe the secret to surviving tough things in life is hidden in the middle of this children’s blessing. God is good. I…

10 Things I Learned in 2011 10 Things I Learned in 2011
Things I Learned

10 Things I Learned in 2011

Here are 10 things I learned in 2011 and wanted to share with all of you . . . God loves us extravagantly in our humanity. He knows our weaknesses, our struggles, our temptations. And He…

Better to receive? Better to receive?
Grace

Better to receive?

(This post is from Jesse Lyn Stoner, a speaker, business consultant and co-author of Full Steam Ahead: Unleash the Power of Vision (Berrett-Koehler, 2011). She can be found on Twitter at @jesselynstoner and she blogs…

My Well-Kept Secret My Well-Kept Secret
Walking the Talk

My Well-Kept Secret

At a gathering the other night, I was asked a question that I’ve never been asked before . . . What do you enjoy about Christmas that no one else knows about? My answer was…

Sheepdog or Shepherd? Sheepdog or Shepherd?
Leadership

Sheepdog or Shepherd?

When I visited New Zealand a few years ago, I saw a demonstration of the well-trained working sheepdogs who daily move the sheep from place to place there. Incredibly quick and extremely tenacious, the dogs…

Selflessness shines Selflessness shines
Marriage

Selflessness shines

Years ago, a dear friend encouraged me to invest in someone who could in no way pay me back. It was hard. If you think about it, it’s really hard. I finally went to a…

Young at Heart Young at Heart
Mentoring

Young at Heart

(Today’s post is from Boyd Bailey, whose “Wisdom Hunters” daily devotional is read by over 100,000 people daily. To subscribe, click here.  You can also follow him @WisdomHunters on Twitter.) “To these four young men God gave knowledge and…