Too often we make “audition room” judgments of ourselves and others. We ask whether we have the right “look”…the “X factor” appearance that marks our culture’s ideal of successful people.
Daily Devotion
Real Life
Does Character Count? – Part 2
Remove the bridle from a spirited horse and you’ll be in for a dangerous ride. So it is with the impulsive person. Without character to steer him or her, only tragedy awaits along the path of real life.
Does Character Count? – Part 1
In the gritty, mean streets of real life who can you trust, the man or woman of character or those who will cut corners to win a temporary victory?
Wanted: Men and Women of Integrity
If someone took a magnifying glass to your real life and inspected it thoroughly, what would He find? Integrity in the tiniest places or compromise in the spots we thought were hidden?
King of Hearts
In real life, we rarely take time to look at the character of people, so we settle for their outward appearance.
When God Is Not Enough
What happens on the day you decide God can’t meet your needs? When you choose to fill that empty space in your real life with someone or something other than Him?
Taking God Seriously
In real life, designed by God for purpose and meaning, we’re often confronted with trivial, hollow religion. A dead faith that sucks the marrow from living. How can we avoid its poison and thrive in the spirit of Christ?
God in a Box
God will never disappoint you, but you may be disappointed with God. What’s the difference? Expectations.
Responding to the Voice of God
Sometimes real life crowds our commitment to Christ—threatens to push it into a dark corner that we hope God and others never look into. But, of course, He does—and eventually they do too. What happens then?
When it Storms…Indoors
Have you raised the gale warning flags over your heart? Determined to signal the anxiety-storm that rages out of sight and out of control?
God in Real Life
Real Life. We experience it every day. Unfortunately, our view of God rarely matches that reality.
Foot-In-Mouth Disease: Remedies
Does your job require you to speak a lot? Do you like to talk a lot? Are you married or in a relationship? Then you are at high risk for Foot-In-Mouth disease. The Proverb says, “When words are many, sin is not absent…” (10:19). For sure, when words are many,...