Jeremiah 9 warns us not to boast about our wisdom, strength, or wealth. When we trust in ourselves, it may boost our self-esteem for a while, but it can’t give us lasting security. Only grace can do that.The trouble is, boasting only lasts as long as what we boast about. Over time, our wisdom fades, our strength weakens, and our wealth disappears. When those things are gone, our self-esteem falls ...  Read More

Abiding in Christ means making your home in the Eternal One—the One “who is, and who was, and who is to come” Revelation 1:4.  Read More

There's a war going on inside every believer. It's not a war we can see with our eyes or fight with physical weapons. It's a battle between two opposing forces—the flesh and the Spirit—and it rages every single day in the heart of every Christian.   Read More

There's something profound about the imagery of a vine and its branches. It's organic, natural, and utterly dependent. A branch cannot survive on its own—it needs the vine for everything: water, nutrients, life itself. Cut off from the vine, a branch withers and dies, no matter how impressive it may have looked while attached.This is the picture Jesus paints for us in John 15, and it's a picture t...  Read More

There are losses in life that cut deeper than we can articulate. Some are tangible—the job that disappeared, the health that deteriorated, the savings that evaporated. Others are more elusive but equally devastating: the years we feel we wasted, the relationships we allowed to fracture, the spiritual vitality that slowly drained away while we were distracted by lesser things.We all carry ruins of ...  Read More

There's something profoundly beautiful about the promise found in James 4:8: "Come near to God and he will come near to you." These simple words contain a powerful invitation—one that speaks to the deepest longing of the human heart.  Read More