As we have grown to know ourselves in the past weeks, we discovered that God loves us unconditionally. He even loves us despite our ignored, unwelcome parts, and despite the fact that we are sinners. This week let’s consider knowing ourselves as we really are as we get behind sins to sin. In Psalm 51:5, David writes, “Surely I was...

Last week, we examined ourselves, specifically the ignored, unwelcome, unwanted parts we continually try to hide. We learned that prayer takes us into the secret place with God so He can begin His transformation of us to our best selves. This week, we’ll go deeper into knowing ourselves as sinners. Take a minute to compare your real self...

As we continue our journey to know ourselves better, we are reminded that no matter what we face in our daily lives, we can draw continually on God’s great love for us. This week, let’s take a minute to explore the unknown, sometimes unwelcomed, and often ignored parts of ourselves. We tend to think of ourselves a single, unified...

Continuing in our journey to transparency, we’ve learned to put off our false selves and this week, we begin understanding our true selves better. Let’s read Ephesians 3:17b-19. “… And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how...

So far, in A Year to a Better You, we’ve taken the first step, getting into God’s Word with God. Today, we’re going to take it a step and truly dive into our journey to our best selves. Let’s begin by asking a question, “Which is more important knowing God or knowing yourself?” 

It’s not a trick...

Last week, we began our journey into A Year to a Better You. I hope you’ve decided to join us as we study the Word and dig deeper into God’s truths. (There’s still time to pick up your year-long devotional and the companion S.O.A.P. Journal and join us on our journey of transformation.)

So far, we’ve learned the...

Christmas is special. Christmas is for everyone. Christmas offers the greatest gifts we can ever receive. Christmas is generosity. Luke, in Acts 15:11, tells us, “We are saved because the Master Jesus amazingly and out of sheer generosity moved to save us...” John testifies similarly in John 1:16, “We all live off God’s...

The greatest gift you will ever receive is the gift of salvation in Jesus Christ. Jeus tells us in John 3:16, “God SO LOVED the world that HE GAVE his only Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life!” ALL of God’s gifts for us are wrapped in Jesus as Paul explains in Romans 8:32, “Since...

In our efforts to live generous thankful lives – lives of thanksgiving – we need to learn to live life as a thank you gift to God. In Psalm 50:23a, God testifies to this truth, “The sacrifice that honors me is a thankful heart.” 

As believers, it is our duty to be thankful simply because of who God is! “The...

As we continue to move toward living a life of thanksgiving, we need to adopt this truth in our lives – thanksgiving is radical generosity – and put it into practice! In Proverbs 11:24, we read this incredible promise which comes with a warning, “The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets...