Ramblings of a Jesus-follower, husband, father, pastor, writer, and someone who really needs to exercise more
As we try to live a life of integrity, we tend to focus on our actions and words. Yet, God focuses on our hearts. If we follow God’s lead and focus on our hearts, the rest will generally follow.
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5 Minute Read + Scripture readings TODAY’S BIBLE READING: Ezekiel 35:1–36:38 James 1:1-18 Psalm 116:1-19 Proverbs 27:23-27 TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): Ezekiel 36:26–27 (CSB): “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will place my […]
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6 Minute Read TODAY’S BIBLE READING: Deuteronomy 4:1-49 Luke 6:39–7:10 Psalm 68:1-18 Proverbs 11:28 TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): Luke 6:45 (CSB): “A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow […]
Read MoreFollowers of Jesus (if we aren’t careful) will settle into a kind of Christianity that looks like this: We are trying our best to abstain from what the Bible says is sinful but our heart isn’t in it. We say we have forgiven those who hurt us but our fake smile when we encounter them […]
Read MoreSometimes the stresses of life can overwhelm us. Stresses at work. Stresses at home. Stresses of relationships. Stresses of money. Etc., etc., etc. As a former Bible teacher used to tell me (using the King James Bible phrase ‘come apart’ which means to separate yourself from your present situation): “Come apart or you’ll come apart.” […]
Read MoreTODAY’S BIBLE READING: Genesis 48:1–49:33Matthew 15:29–16:12Psalm 20:1-9Proverbs 4:20-27 BIBLE VERSE(S) FOR TODAY: Proverbs 4:23 “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): It doesn’t take long as we read the Bible before we realize that God cares deeply about our hearts. Over and over […]
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