The Word Before Work

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Working Without Idolatry Devotional: 1 of 4 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. (Matthew 22:37) There’s a tension we see throughout Scripture.  On the one hand, we are invited to delight in creation and our work with creation. “Ever...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Wisdom for Work from David Devotional: 7 of 7 I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. (1 Chronicles 29:17) After giving his considerable “personal treasures of gold and silver,” for the buil...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Wisdom for Work from David Devotional: 6 of 7 David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, “Praise be to you, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting….Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Wisdom for Work from David Devotional: 5 of 7 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God. (Psalm 10:4) In 1517, Martin Luther had an “aha” moment that would change the world. He realized that “the merciful God justifies us by faith,” and...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Wisdom for Work from David Devotional: 4 of 7 You [Lord] reward everyone according to what they have done. (Psalm 62:12) I don’t believe Bucket Lists are evil. But I do believe that Christians of all people should spend less time thinking about Bucket Lists—lists of things you want to...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Wisdom for Work from David Devotional: 3 of 7 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war…David remained in Jerusalem. One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and Davi...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Wisdom for Work from David Devotional: 2 of 7 [King David] asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?” Ziba answered the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet.”...When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Wisdom for Work from David Devotional: 1 of 7 David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.” Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warr...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Easter Vocations Part II Devotional: 4 of 4 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my sp...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Easter Vocations Part II Devotional: 3 of 4 But the whole crowd shouted, “Away with this man [Jesus]! Release Barabbas to us!” (Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.) Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. But they kept...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Easter Vocations Part II Devotional: 2 of 4 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” (Mark 14:22) We’re in a four week series exploring what the vocations of some of the charact...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Easter Vocations Part II Devotional: 1 of 4 …a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor….Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. (John 12:2-3) Beca...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: The Most Excellent Way Devotional: 5 of 5 I will show you the most excellent way…love…keeps no record of wrongs. (1 Corinthians 12:31, 13:5) Tim Goeglein collapsed in his White House office. His secret life of plagiarism had been found out and the guilt and shame were literally crippli...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: The Most Excellent Way Devotional: 4 of 5 I will show you the most excellent way…Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. (1 Corinthi...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: The Most Excellent Way Devotional: 3 of 5 I will show you the most excellent way…love…does not boast. (1 Corinthians 12:31, 13:4) George Washington Carver had captivated the United States Congress. It was January 1921, and Carver was testifying about the dozens of different foods he ha...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: The Most Excellent Way Devotional: 2 of 5 I will show you the most excellent way…love is kind. (1 Corinthians 12:31, 13:4) If you had to describe Fred Rogers (of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fame) in a single word, it would likely be kindness —a virtue he learned from his father. Accord...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: The Most Excellent Way Devotional: 1 of 5 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with th...

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Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Beyond the Great Commission Devotional: 5 of 5 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:58) I’ve said this multiple tim...

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com -- Series: Beyond the Great Commission Devotional: 4 of 5 The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. (Psalm 37:23) The Great Commission is indeed great. But as we’ve been exploring in this series, there is great danger in treating the Great Commission as...