Thursday, February 6, 2025

Thursday, February 6, 2025
Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Wisdom isn’t found in seeking your own opinion, it’s found in seeking trusted, godly people who are willing to share their life experience with you. When you do that, you’re acknowledging that you don’t have all the answers, and it allows you to take the true posture of wisdom… humility. If you really seek wisdom, don’t do a quick internet search, seek out those whose life experience and understanding trumps your own.

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Wednesday, February 5, 2025
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.

Only the first person to cross the finish line receives the prize. Usually that’s the person that’s put in the most work. They train, they practice, they beat their bodies into submission so that they can win what they’ve worked so hard for…the prize. That’s how God’s called you to run this race…as if you were going to win. So, make sure you’re in it to win it!

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Hebrews 12:1-2a
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

If you get discouraged while running this race that’s been marked out for you by God, remember Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah and Moses. Men and women of the faith who have walked the same path, pushed through the same feelings and overcome while living on this earth. Let their example push you to continue running the race, letting go of all that hinders you, so that you can receive your eternal reward.

Monday, February 3, 2025

Monday, February 3, 2025
2 Timothy 2:5
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

Every time an athlete gets stripped of their medals because they were using performance enhancing drugs, it’s a bit disheartening. There’s always the expectation that an athlete will compete according to the rules. And it’s the same when you run the race towards Christ. God expects you to run with integrity so that you may, ultimately, receive the victor’s crown.

Friday, January 31, 2025

Friday, January 31, 2025
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

God’s decision was personal. He loved and because of that deep love, He gave something else personal in its place: Jesus, His only begotten Son. And because of that great love for us, we no longer have a terrible future filled with separation, now we have an incredible one reunited with Him forever in heaven.

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Romans 12:1
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

It’s a daily decision to come and die. That’s what Paul is encouraging you to do. To die to your way of doing things: your wants, your desires, your dreams and lay them on the altar of sacrifice. When you do that, you make your life an act of worship, not just one day of the week, but every single day of the week.