Perfectly Imperfect Together

(Daniel 1) When we stand in faith and trust Jesus and His Word - at His Word, we will become living examples of God’s light and truth to the world around us. Daniel and his friends asked the officers working for King Nebs to judge them by what they see. The world does judge us by what they see in our lives - not so much by what we say or proclaim. Are we living in the light and truth and peace and...

The Word of God is alive and powerful. God’s Word equips us for every good work. The Word of God is a light to our feet and a lamp to our paths. We have the Word of God at our disposal every day, yet so many people never dust off the Book and read it. The enemy wants to keep us distracted and will do anything he can to keep us from reading God’s Word. We need to be intentional every day to say no...

Lives are made up of choices. We all have choices and every day is filled with them. Our choices determine who we are and the path we land on. We can choose to follow the ways of the Lord or not. Jesus offers us His grace, His love, His compassion, His healing, His wholeness - if we are willing to repent and surrender all pride and anything else holding us back from Him and turn to Him.

The Lord wants us to trust Him for every detail of every outcome of life. He wants us to call to Him, to cry out to Him, and to turn to Him every day. His ears are always open. No matter how big or little the need may be, the Lord cares. If it is important to us, it is important to God and He wants us to trust Him with it.

When we are facing hard things in life, we need to look up. We need to stand firm in faith and trust Jesus for every victory. God is for us. If we are following His lead and His will - all for God’s great glory - He will guide us to His victory. He created us to be victorious and He died so we could receive His victory. It’s up to us to repent from pride and selfishness, lay it all down before Him...

(Ezekiel 37)  When we let Jesus lead, He will change people’s lives around us forever - through us. Nothing matters more than eternity forever with Jesus and Jesus made a way for that to be possible. That’s exciting, and that’s worth sharing. 

This chapter reveals the core issues Judah faced, primarily - lack of radical faith in Jehovah God. Would Judah trust in Yahweh, themselves, or their allies? In response to this threat, and in great humility, they urgently ran to the Lord for help and direction - which we will see further in the following chapter. We face the same choices today. Will we, too, run to the arms of our Father in radic...

Jesus came to set the captives free. Jesus came to bring us hope and a future. Jesus came to break us from bondage and give us true freedom. We experience this freedom if we are willing to repent and release the things that are holding us back to Him. Jesus came to offer us life - not death. He will bring us freedom, just as He promises. He is a faithful God - Always. It’s up to us to surrender al...

Jesus came to bring us hope and a future. Jesus came to break us from bondage and give us true freedom. We experience this freedom if we are willing to repent and release the things that are holding us back to Him. Jesus came to offer us life - not death. He will bring us freedom, just as He promises. He is a faithful God - Always. It’s up to us to surrender all, and trust Him.

(2 Chronicles 36) Today, the Lord is looking for dedicated, distinctive people willing to stand firm in Him - no matter what. We are to be living sacrifices for the Lord and His will. We are to be distinctive people whose lives point to Jesus and shine His Light in the darkness around us. We need to faithfully and wholeheartedly trust in God’s promises and His will for every outcome in life - no m...

Uzziah the soldier was defeated by his pride. Uzziah the builder destroyed his own ministry and testimony. Uzziah the farmer reaped the painful consequences of what he had sown. He is a warning to all who try to pursue unholy ambitions that deviate from what God’s will and plan is for our lives and for the people around us.

The truly humble person sees things as God sees them and doesn’t live in illusions. Pride blinds the mind, distorts the vision, and inflates the ego. A prideful person can’t tell the truth from fiction. 

The Lord promises to wake up the things that are dead. He is the One with the power to raise up dry bones. As a Christ follower, we have this same resurrection power inside of us. Jesus came to bring life to all who will surrender and receive it. Today, we are called to live bursting with the love of Jesus and let it be contagious to anyone who bumps into us as we live out our days.

(Jeremiah 31) We don’t have to do anything to earn His love or His salvation other than repent from sin and selfishness and surrender our hearts and lives to Jesus. He took all of our unholiness onto Himself so we can stand before the Throne of God perfectly holy. In the meantime, we are supposed to run away from sin and when we blow it, repent and get back up quickly and keep running with Jesus....

The Lord promises to wake up the things that are dead. He is the One with the power to raise up dry bones. As a Christ follower, we have this same resurrection power inside of us. Jesus came to bring life to all who will surrender and receive it. Today, we are called to live bursting with the love of Jesus and let it be contagious to anyone who bumps into us as we live out our days.

God is preparing us for what lies ahead. We need to be intentional and rest in Him. Don’t force His perfect timing or try to get ahead of God and His will. It’s hard, but it is absolutely worth it. We need to know and trust that God is at work in the hiddenness of these seasons. As we wait, we need to draw near to God and pursue His presence desperately. His plans are always perfect and right on t...

The only way to find the freedom in life that Jesus wants us to experience is to allow Jesus to be Lord of every part of our lives. That means we give Him everything. Our time on earth is so short. It’s a blink compared to eternity. It’s up to us to give it all to the Lord. There is nothing on this earth that is worth hanging on to. It’s up to us to lay it all down, give Jesus every last “yes”, an...

Jesus came to set us completely free from the bondages of all sin. He wants us to surrender our whole lives to Him and receive all He has and intends for our lives. When we hang onto pockets of sin, we miss out on the complete freedom Jesus wants us to experience in Him. We miss out on His blessings. Because of Jesus, there is no sin worth hanging on to. We need to come before the Lord and say, “L...

(Jeremiah 1, 17, & 31) Jesus wants everyone to have the option to experience Him now and forever. That’s why He came and died and rose again and commissioned us to speak His Word - His truth - to the world around us while we are here. Like Jeremiah, who thought he was too young, we tend to make excuses of why we can’t or shouldn’t but God says, don’t say that - He will be with us as we boldly...

The battle between good and evil continues on - as it does today. The battle between godly leadership vs evil leadership also continues on - as it does today. The kings who chose to walk in obedience to the Lord were few and far between. Those who refused to walk obediently continued to damage their countries from a national perspective and the people within their nations suffered as well. Our act...

Jesus has commissioned us to share His message, His truth, with the world around us. There is a soul war going on every day and He is raising His soldiers up to move forth in His mission so His Kingdom will be full. He truly doesn’t want to lose a single soul. Nothing matters more. 

Instead of magnifying the causes of our fears, we need to magnify the power of God in our hearts and lives. If God is for us, who on the face of this earth can possibly stand against us. As we open our eyes to the realities of God’s hand and power working in and through our lives, our fears will be silenced. The clearer we see the sovereignty and power of heaven, the less we fear on earth.

(Joel 1-3) This world is temporary, but Jesus is forever. Today, there are thousands and thousands, billions and billions, who are in the valley of decision and need to hear about Jesus. We need to be sharing the truth of Jesus and His love with urgency.

There are many times in life that we need to swallow our pride, walk in humility, and simply obey what the Lord says. We need to humble ourselves before the Lord and just do it. Whatever we feel the Lord asking us to do, we can and should choose to walk it out in faith. He doesn’t ask us to be all fancy or get everything right, He just asks for humble obedience and trust in Him.

During his years in the wilderness as an exile, David depended on God’s provision. The Israelites depended on the daily manna from heaven for nourishment. We need to turn to Jesus daily and go to Him for every need. Out of the riches of His grace, He will meet every need spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally. He wants us to bring our entire human experience to Him and trust Him with e...