Your words reveal your heart

‘Your speech betrays you.’ Matthew 26:73 NKJV The words you speak will give you away every time. It happened to Peter. On the night Jesus was arrested and all His disciples scattered, Peter stayed close enough to see what was happening—but not close enough to be...

Putting ‘self’ on the altar

‘If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn away from the Lord.’ Joshua 22:23 NLT In the Bible an altar represented different things. It represented sacrificing to God by giving Him the best of the sheep in your flock. It represented worshipping God and putting...

Be generous

‘You shall open your hand wide.’ Deuteronomy 15:8 NKJV God instructed the Israelites, ‘If there is among you a poor man… you shall open your hand wide to him.’ (Deuteronomy 15:7–8 NKJV) Giving is the highest level of living. Generous people focus their time and effort...

Either rule, or be ruled

‘Then God said, “Let Us make humans in Our image, in Our likeness. Let them rule.”’ Genesis 1:26 GWT At creation God said something interesting about us: ‘Let them rule.’ In other words, He invested you with full authority for managing your life. You serve as His...

Crossing the ‘what if’ line

‘You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion.’ 2 Corinthians 9:11 NIV As you draw closer to God, you’ll sometimes find yourself undergoing serious challenges of faith. Because one of the most common security blankets we wrap around...