When your heart and flesh fail - and they will - I remain your portion and your strength. I'm not just part of your life; I'm the inheritance you'll never lose. Everything else will disappoint, decay, or disappear. But I'm yours forever, and you're Mine. That's the best investment you'll e
Martha invited Jesus into her home and immediately began performing. Dinner needed preparing, the house needed straightening, guests needed serving. Meanwhile, Mary sat at Jesus's feet, doing nothing productive. When Martha complained, she expected validation. Instead, Jesus said, "Martha,
Father, my baptism declared something I keep forgetting: my old self is dead. I don't need to improve it, manage it, or make it acceptable to you. It went under the water and stayed there. What came up was new creation - not improved old, but genuinely new. Yet I keep living like I'm stil
This Sunday, many churches observe the Baptism of the Lord, commemorating Jesus's baptism in the Jordan River by John. But why did Jesus need baptism? John's baptism was for repentance, and Jesus had no sin to repent of. When John protested, Jesus insisted: "Let it be so now; it is proper
There is no condemnation for those who are in Me - not a little, not sometimes, not when you mess up. None. Zero. When guilt tries to make you feel condemned, remind it that I already dealt with your sin at the cross. You're not on trial; you're in Christ. That changes everything.