Author Archives: #4GIVEN

YOUR GOODNESS CAN’T SAVE YOU Beloved, you can be generous, compassionate, honest, charitable, and spend your life doing good for others—and still need Jesus just as desperately as everyone else. The uncomfortable truth of the Gospel is this: our best … Continue reading →

Rule #1: Never Make God #2 Beloved, life will always compete for first place in your heart. Family, career, money, relationships, success, responsibilities, and even our dreams can slowly move into a position that belongs to God alone. None of … Continue reading →

YOU CAN’T WALK WITH JESUS AND THE WORLD Beloved, you can’t walk with Jesus and the world at the same time. They’re going in two different directions. Jesus never called us simply to admire Him. He called us to follow … Continue reading →

WITHOUT LOVE, I AM NOTHING Beloved, we spend so much of life measuring ourselves by things God never said would define us—achievements, degrees, titles, status, bank accounts, influence, and recognition. We can accumulate all of it and still miss what … Continue reading →

JESUS MEETS US IN OUR MESS Beloved, Jesus does not wait for us to get everything together before He comes near. He meets us in the confusion, the regret, the exhaustion, the disappointment, and the parts of life we wish … Continue reading →

GOD HAS ALREADY PREPARED THE WAY Beloved, sometimes we’re asking God to open a door He has already opened. The delay may not be because the way isn’t ready. The delay may be because God is still preparing us to … Continue reading →

EVEN IF THE BRANCH FALLS, GRACE CAN GRAFT IT BACK IN Beloved, falling does not always mean final. A broken branch can look lifeless, disconnected, and beyond use, but in the hands of God, restoration is still possible. Jesus said … Continue reading →

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU LET IN Beloved, think about this picture: the ear can remind us of a womb. A womb receives, carries, develops, and eventually gives birth. In a similar way, what we continually allow into our ears can … Continue reading →

Jesus, Is The Law of Moses! Beloved, the Pharisees knew the Law. They studied it, quoted it, taught it, and defended it. Yet when the One to whom the Scriptures pointed stood right in front of them, many of them … Continue reading →

I’M NOTHING WITHOUT GOD Beloved, the older I get, the more I realize this truth: I’m nothing without God. Whatever strength I have, whatever wisdom I’ve gained, whatever doors have opened, whatever good has come from my life—it all traces … Continue reading →