Month: July 2017
Peter: The Submissive Leader
Matthew 17:24–27
Code: B170731
The nineteenth-century pastor and author J. R. Miller wrote, “The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. What a man is survives him. It can never be buried.” That is a true sentiment, but there is something more important than what people think of us after we are dead: the impact we have while we are here.
Character is absolutely critical in leadership. America’s current moral decline is directly linked to the fact that we have elected, appointed, and hired too many leaders who have no character. In recent years, some have tried to argue that character doesn’t really matter in leadership; what a man does in his private life supposedly should not be a factor in whether he is deemed fit for a public leadership role. That perspective is diametrically…
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Making Good Decisions
Growing with God: A daily devotional with Tonia Slimm.
2 Samuel 19:24-25 (NIV)
Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, also went down to meet the king. He had not taken care of his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely. When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”
2 Samuel 19:24-25(MSG)
Next Mephibosheth grandson of Saul arrived from Jerusalem to welcome the king. He hadn’t combed his hair or trimmed his beard or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safe and sound. The king said, “And why didn’t you come with me, Mephibosheth?”
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“Then Mephibosheth the [grand]son of Saul came down to meet the king, but he had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor…
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God’s Love Is The Best Love. — Learning From God’s Word
“Within Your temple, O God, we meditate on Your unfailing love” (Psalm 48:9). What do we do when human love fails? We look beyond human love. We look to divine love. God’s love never fails. It’s an “unfailing love.” We should think, often, of the love of God. We should think of Jesus – “God so […]
Praising God for His Workmanship
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” Ephesians 2:10.
Thank You, Blessed Lord, for ordaining me to be Your workmanship. We praise You for Your workmanship. You are the Potter and I am the clay. Mold me and move me where You are displaying Your Glory so that the world can see Jesus in me and come to Him. Amen.
Praying for the millennials 