Advent 2019 – Day 12
Reject not those who live contrary to yourself. If you reject anything, reject the practices in your own life that are contrary to your convictions. Today, I want to say no more than the statement…
Advent 2019 – Day 11
Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the…
Advent 2019 – Day 10
What does it mean to have peace with God? Romans 5:1-2 states the following: Since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access…
Advent 2019 – Day 9
There is an ancient understanding of the concept of Peace that we likely don’t often think about. It is the concept of wholeness or completion. The Hebrew word for peace, shalom, was used to describe…
5 Questions Leaders Need to Ask Themselves
Take time to think! Oddly enough, dedicated thinking is one of the most important things leaders must do in order to be effective, yet it is often the most neglected tasks because it seems to…
Advent 2019 – Day 8
The second week of advent often has the theme of peace. When Jesus was born, a host of angels proclaimed, “Peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.” (Luke 2:14) The peace of…
Advent 2019 – Day 7
Remind yourself every day that the pilgrim journey through this world is not meant to be done alone. This is why we have the church, local and universal. This prayer from Paul to the Thessalonians…
Advent 2019 – Day 6
While we wait… let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently… clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how…
Advent 2019 – Day 5
Yet you, LORD, are our Father. This statement is part of a confession from Isaiah 63 and 64. The confession is that none of us are clean, none of us are righteous. Humanity is full…
Advent 2019 – Day 4
The Advent season invites us to embrace wonder and hope rather than control over our future. Just as the first coming of Jesus did not happen as expected, so will the return of Jesus. There…
Advent 2019 – Day 3
Our blamelessness is the work of God. Any attempts to live a holy life should be done not out of an expectation that we will achieve it. Rather, holy living flows from the grace of…
Advent 2019 – Day 2
When Jesus arrived as the Messiah, he came in the most unexpected way. He was expected to be the next king of Israel, yet he was born in a stable. In Matthew 24, Jesus promises…