Perfectly Imperfect Together

The Book of Revelation magnifies the greatness and glory of Jesus and is the Book of His Throne. It is meant to encourage us in spite of anything and everything going on around us. We are to look up at His Majesty and walk in His victory and share His saving mercy, grace, and kindness with everyone around us while we await His return. When you have assurance of the future, you have stability in th...

In Jude, who was a half brother of Jesus, wrote his letter to discuss the basics, like salvation. However, he found it necessary to encourage us to contend for the faith - to remain strong, stand firm, fight on our knees, know the Word of God, and keep the faith. The enemy doesn't care about our families, our health, our marriages, our jobs - he just wants our faith shook and tore away from Je...

(Revelation 4 & 5) Our prayers are worship and praise to God and fill the bowls being held in worship around Him. He receives and hears and feels every prayer. Our prayers envelop the atmosphere of God - the one and only true and living God of all the cosmos. Jesus gave John a glimpse into the heavens to encourage us today to stand strong in faith. No matter what happens, no matter what our ci...

In 2 & 3 John, John wrote to encourage us to walk in the love and truth of Jesus. He warns us to watch out for false teachings and false prophets who deny the truth about Jesus. We are called to walk in truth and love as we follow God's path for our lives. When you say yet to Jesus, you walk in His victory. God will give us the wisdom and discernment we need to overcome and conquer. Jesus...

In 1 John 3, 4, & 5, John reminds us the importance of surrendering all to Jesus and humbly walk forward in His freedom. The perfect love of Jesus drivers out fear. His love for us is perfect and He has all authority. If the Lord God Almighty, who has all power and authority, is for us - we have nothing to fear in this temporary world. Jesus is holding us, now and for all eternity. We have vic...

In 1 John 1 & 2, John encourages us to get back to the basics of faith and walk in the truth of God's perfect love. God is light and in Him there is absolutely no darkness. Anyone who repents and confesses their sins to Jesus, surrendering all to Him, will receive the forgiveness and cleansing that Jesus poured out on the cross for all of us. When we do, Jesus begins a work of restoration...

In 2 Peter 1, 2, & 3, Peter continues to encourage us regarding how to live in the New Covenant of Jesus by faith in Him. The powerful grace of God doesn't allow us to sin, it prevents us from sinning. If we do fail and fall to sin, we repent quickly - get back up - and keep running forward because His powerful grace has us covered. We can receive and rest in God's abundant promises. H...

In 1 Peter 3, 4, & 5, Peter encourages us to stand firm on the living hope of Jesus. As you walk with Jesus and abide in Him, spiritual fruit will naturally grow from and out of your life because it is His nature within you now. The condition of our hearts is more important than anything. As you walk confidently in who you are in Jesus, people will be drawn to His love within you. God gives us...

In 1 Peter 1 & 2, Peter addresses suffering and encourages us to stand firm in this temporary world. Even in the midst of despair, Peter encourages us to praise the Lord and trust Him for every outcome. He is our eternal Living Hope and His mercies are fresh every morning. Stay laser focused on Jesus. Even in pain, praise His glorious Name. Greater is He Who is in you, than he who is in this w...

In James 3, 4, & 5, James cautions us as to what it looks like to live a life in full surrender to Jesus. We need to ask the Lord for help. He will empower us with His grace and power as we abide in Him, rest in Him, and walk with Him. The more time we spend in His Word, soaking up His truth into our hearts, the more He will empower us with self-control. We are not to judge others. We have nev...

In James 1 & 2, we learn that trials and suffering are a part of life. Trials produce endurance and strengthen our faith. It's a joy to walk through trials knowing God is using it for our eternal good and the further spreading of His testimony - His Kingdom expansion. God is with us in every step and every exhale. He will carry us through the trials and suffering we go through. He will lif...

In Hebrews 11, 12, & 13, we learn what true faith is and looks like. Faith does not just believe Jesus is the Son of God, it responds obediently to His voice as you continue to draw near to Him. Faith requires you to trust God for every outcome, release control, and surrender all to Him. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. Faith is knowing you are walking on a solid, unshakable Rock...

In Hebrews 9 & 10, the life-saving and much better New Covenant, that can only be entered into by surrendering to Jesus, is emphasized. Through Jesus, we receive redemption, restoration, and the cleansing complete salvation from sin that only Jesus offers. He died for the sins of the world once and for all - it is finished. It's not about us or anything we do, it's all about Jesus and...

In Hebrews 7 & 8, it is emphasized that Jesus is the guarantee of a better Covenant, a better hope, and a better priesthood. He is better than the law. He fulfilled all of it. He came as the eternal sacrifice for the sins of the world. When He died for our sins, the veil separating humankind from the presence of God was completely split in two. We are now allowed full access to Jesus, our eter...

(Jude 1-4; 14-25) If you have breath in your lungs, Jesus is calling to you. You are invited to spend eternity with Him. It's up to each of us to answer the call and accept His invitation of life. It's up to us to repent and run from sin and fall into the arms of our loving Savior. We are each responsible for the choice of RSVPing to God's invitation to become a part of His family and...

In Hebrews 5 & 6, we learn the Lord is our High Priest who relates to us personally. During times of suffering, we learn to lean into the Lord deeper and stronger. The vastness of His love for us becomes more real and we are drawn closer and closer to Him as we fall more and more in love with Him. Suffering is going to happen this side of heaven. The difference is whether we suffer with Jesus...

In Hebrews 3 & 4, the author reminds us of all the amazing things Jesus poured out for us through His sacrifice - His death - on the cross that we all deserve. We need to encourage each other every single day in our faith and trust in Jesus. Jesus is better than anything this world will ever offer. He offers a better hope, a better Covenant, a better promise, a better sacrifice, better provisi...

Hebrews 1 & 2 reveals that Jesus is the heir of all things. He is the Creator of the universe. He lived on earth as the human flesh of God. He shines with God's glory and holds all things together by His command. Jesus died to cleans and purify us of all sin. He rose from death and sat down at the right hand of God in heaven. He is our High Priest and Mediator. Jesus holds all things toget...

In Philemon, we see a beautiful story of redemption and forgiveness. We see what Jesus has done for us and what He does in us and through us in these verses. Jesus doesn't want to lose a single soul. He has commissioned us to make disciples to the ends of the earth, sharing with everyone we know that Jesus came to earth - 100% God and 100% human - to serve us with His life as the perfect sacri...

In Titus 1, 2, & 3, Paul encouraged Titus to stay true to the Word of God - the truth of the Gospel of Jesus. Jesus + Nothing = Everything. When we surrender our hearts and lives to Jesus, our lives look different. Our works don't earn salvation or our way into heaven. We work different and live different because of the powerful grace of Jesus working in and through our lives. The Lord wil...

(1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11) Everyone will know and see when Jesus returns. Now is the time to choose Jesus. Now is the time to tell everyone you know about Jesus and His offer of saving grace. Now is the time to stay mission minded and laser focused on Jesus, pursuing Him desperately with all our guts. We should live every second of every day as though Jesus could return in the next 10 seconds, be...

In 2 Timothy 3 & 4, Paul warned of difficult times ahead: growth of deception and self-love, increasing lack of godliness, and the certainty of persecution. Paul reminds us we are fully equipped for these difficult days. We have all we need in the Word of God and His Spirit within us. As we press into the Lord, He will equip and empower us to be ready for anything and everything He brings us t...

2 Timothy is Paul's final letter to Timothy. In chapters 1 & 2, he encourages Timothy to continue sharing the Gospel of Jesus boldly relying on the Holy Spirit's power within him. Paul was in chains, in the bottom of a dark, cold cell, and he still wrote letters of encouragement to others. He remained mission minded and laser focused on Jesus regardless of his circumstances. Jesus comm...

In 1 Timothy 5 & 6, we see the caring and nurturing heart of our Almighty Father. He looks after His children and calls us to care for each other as well. Jesus pours out His incomprehensible love for us and we are to unselfishly love and care for others as well. So many things in this world fight for our attention. We need to flee from these distractions and stay laser focused on Jesus and th...

In 1 Timothy 3 & 4, Paul reminds Timothy God is a God of order and peace. Paul's heart reflected God's heart - to maintain peace in God's household, the Church of the Living God, the pillar and foundation of truth. Your life is an outward sign of your inward relationship with the Lord. Your life reflects the status of your love and devotion to following Jesus. As you pursue Jesus w...