Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Final Authority Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; – Proverbs 3:5 After His crucifixion and resurrection, just before Jesus ascends up into heaven, He reminds us that “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me” (Matthew 28:18). Not just some authority, […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: Soul Cocaine Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs. – Jonah 2:8 The “idol” I most often cling to is my own addiction. When I cling to my addiction and continually turn to it as my “Soul Cocaine,” I get my fix from the addiction rather than from […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: Don’t Forget Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 When things are going great in life, we have a tendency to forget, about God, don’t we? We get to a place where we think we can handle life on our own; we think we’re doing an adequate job […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Worth pursuing isn’t it? Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; – Proverbs 3:5 If we truly trust God with our lives, then we’re able to completely surrender our worries, and anxieties, s, fears and concerns over to Him through prayer. If we say that we […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Watch Him work Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. – Matthew 6:34 When we’re able to surrender complete control of our lives to Jesus, we’re able to stop worrying about things because we learn to take the Bible at face value. […]
Mon // Surrender:: Confess
Title: Spiritual Healing Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. – James 5:16 Spiritual healing comes through the confession of sin! When we take the time to confess our sin to one another and […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Lean into him Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. – Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV It’s very difficult not to lean on my own understanding. If I’m honest with myself, most days I feel […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: Could an idol be anything? Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 What exactly is an “idol”? Is it an image carved out of wood or stone that people bow down to and worship? Could an idol be something more? Like work or sports or […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: Not the Center Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 NIV When I was a teenager and started getting “a little too big for my britches,” my mom used to remind me about the truth of Proverbs 16:18. “Pride come before the fall,” she would say. And those […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: What’s your idol? Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 Every man should take a few minutes to read through the entire chapter from Isaiah 44. Here’s a sample, “All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Who shapes a […]