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Don’t drink the Kool Aid

2

Do not give the devil a foothold

3

An antidote to the devil

4

Self-forgetfulness and self-infatuation

5

This is what worry loves to do

6

Two people, two different approaches

7

He binds himself to us

8

Being hospitable (when you don’t want to be)

9

When his glory is revealed

10

Only a suffering God can help

11

The boy who had a revelation after strike three

12

Sit still and trust the engineer

13

Radical forgiveness

14

Scared to death of death

15

Does your plan include God?

16

To God leave the rest

17

What greatness does not mean

18

Under the bold banner of a Risen Saviour

19

When you’re spiritually dry, revisit the psalms

20

The eye of God watching

21

Beskar armour and the refining we face

22

Hope—living like it’s Sunday on Friday

23

Forward-facing hope

24

Not just what you say, but how you say it

25

Hope—it’s water in the desert

26

Words like deeds

27

History belongs to the intercessors

28

The unconquered fortitude of thy Spirit

29

Honour everyone

30

In the depths of God’s Word

31

A prayer for times of Christ-un-likeness

32

Being weird—and glorifying God

33

Heaven’s map on earth

34

Loving people (when you don’t like them)

35

Set apart for God’s special purposes

36

Feelings can betray

37

Affliction can be an accelerant

38

Keep focused on the end game

39

You’re in good company

40

Diamonds don’t start as diamonds

41

Why does the true soldier fight?

42

Try something radical

43

When you feel in a spiritual rut

44

Joy is what happens when

45

The (real) signs of love

46

The love that jams the Devil’s wheels

47

Well done, good and faithful servant

48

More than just waiting around

49

Being a part of a plan even when life isn’t going as planned

50

Focus on what’s best

51

Born again?

52

With both wings, not just one

53

Keep believing and keep going

54

Wounded on the battlefield, but help is coming

55

When you’ve seen the final score

56

Waiting for the light to break

57

Take action as the hands and feet of Christ

58

Standing firm

59

Knowing God first

60

Know God, stand firm, take action

61

I have stored up your word in my heart

62

He treats me as his favorite

63

Just because you can’t see him working

64

We are an Easter people

65

Playing God

66

The fight’s been fixed

67

He was pierced for our transgressions

68

He washed Judas’ feet

69

God’s Plan A for your life

70

The true and eternal King

71

The physical realm and the unseen realm

72

Holiness and worldliness

73

Have these 2 things weakened your faith?

74

From the first day you humbled yourself before God

75

The biggest challenge facing most Christians today?

76

The ABCs of faith

77

Pause reminder (and a quick word on James 4:7-8)

78

What happened to the hands and feet of Jesus

79

Pleas for mercy—with fasting

80

The right attitude in prayer

81

The words of men are unstable things

82

How to avoid God (by C.S. Lewis)

83

Faithful and true, no matter what

84

Prayer and perseverance

85

The epicentre of the war in the world

86

What God is doing in you, not just around you

87

The psalms and the personal voice of Christ

88

The kingdoms of the world

89

Delay does not mean defeat

90

The beginning of the birth pains

91

The surprising detail about “strictly” following God

92

Marching to a different beat—through prayer

93

The definition of true bravery

94

Lent and the significance of “forty days”

95

Shrove Tuesday, “Shriving,” Sin and Mercy

96

Come to me, and I will give you rest

97

Aren’t all religions basically the same?

98

Our God is never not on the move

99

God uses faithful servants—no matter their age

100

Being someone’s answered prayer (when yours feel unanswered)

101

You are more than what the world says you are

102

Talking to God—when you want to scream

103

Advice for a king—and for all of us

104

Humility: weakness to the world, greatness to God

105

Humility—even when things get heated

106

When getting things done isn’t the point

107

Loyalty matters in more ways than you think

108

Glorifying him or denying him

109

Prepare for big moments by starting small

110

Having an “even if” kind of faith

111

Giving God a makeover?

112

When governments and kingdoms let you down

113

Pray—as a first resort

114

The darker the dark, the brighter the light

115

Short-sighted-ism and the presence of darkness

116

The relational nature of our faith

117

Being proactive about sermons and Bible study

118

Being faithful, or fitting in?

119

Devotion changes you

120

When everything is stripped away

121

Love makes you do things

122

He uses even our feeble efforts

123

When the Lord rubs off on you

124

Who are we most closely tethered to?

125

What is Epiphany?

126

Do “ordinary” things well

127

Glory to the newborn King

128

The bridge between heaven and earth

129

The true meaning of Christmas: Be careful

130

A perfect time to re-centre

131

Faith, loving action, perseverance

132

The problem is never God’s availability

133

How you live today—and the last day

134

The key word is readiness

135

Being Christian—up to a point

136

Not alone in your struggles

137

Born to die? Why?

138

You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good

139

Short one-sentence prayers from the Bible

140

Evil wants to confuse you

141

His performance, not yours

142

Ready to leave the dark night behind

143

Your choices matter

144

If you’re sitting on the fence

145

God can handle the truth

146

Perfect love casts out fear?

147

Surround yourself with people who make you…

148

Unduly attached to the earthly

149

Love has a rival

150

Bearing the family resemblance

151

A request

152

The Lord of the Rings and encouragement

153

Faithfulness is a team sport

154

The heart enlargement business

155

Help of the helpless, oh abide with me

156

Abide, abide, abide. Then abide some more.

157

The Spirit helps us in our weakness

158

What’s happening in your heart matters

159

He can answer our requests in a better way

160

If we ask anything according to his will

161

Following it helps, neglecting it hurts

162

Your three enemies and overcoming the world

163

And his commandments are not burdensome

164

When following God’s commands feels difficult

165

The virtue nobody wants

166

Loving people when you don’t “feel” very loving

167

Even if I could multiply myself a thousand times

168

God is love?

169

Prioritizing what Jesus prioritizes

170

Distracted driving, or distracted living?

171

The indication that you are truly alive

172

He loves to be ignored

173

Angels and demons on our shoulders?

174

The gospel of our liberated age?

175

Christian is also a verb

176

Do. Not. Be. Surprised.

177

Believing in God, or believing God

178

Their God is my God

179

Love one another, regardless

180

When William Tyndale was martyred

181

Purification

182

Righteousness includes love

183

A biblical definition of sin

184

Repeat it as you go about your day

185

When your negative thoughts need a smack

186

To give you the crown of glory

187

The more thoroughly you know him

188

Lord, what’s the least I need to do in this relationship?

189

Many antichrists have come

190

Do I fear? No!

191

When the world doesn’t keep it’s promise

192

You can’t illuminate darkness with darkness

193

Close or distant? Permanent or occasional?

194

Your advocate in the divine court room

195

If all your prayers were answered

196

A trustworthy eyewitness is speaking to you

197

Are you dying for him?

198

Wisdom. Purity. Clarity.

199

Evicting dark thoughts

200

Who is your highest authority?

201

If fifty million people say something foolish

202

How do I discern God’s will when the path is uncertain?

203

Believe big things

204

Think first

205

Knowing + Doing =

206

Going deeper and a quote from Spurgeon

207

Those who are radically loved…

208

Go the extra inch

209

The best thing yet

210

Pray for those who persecute you

211

Your inner monk?

212

How to approach faith-based TV shows and movies

213

Is A.I. neutral?

214

Life is more than possessions

215

The great beautifier of souls

216

The secret is Christ in me

217

“I’m doing this for God’s glory!” Um, really?

218

Without him nothing, with him everything

219

If you are “in Christ” his Spirit is in you

220

Very very good news: The verdict before the performance

221

The trivialization of God

222

They shot their books

223

Let your yes be yes and your no be no

224

Standing up for the truth of God

225

I burn my life to make a sunrise

226

What if we stopped chasing?

227

A servant people

228

In this glitter-obsessed world

229

The Coveting Thief

230

The Truly Happy Person

231

“Because my God is bigger”

232

The only one qualified to throw the stone didn’t

233

The tug-of-war for Jesus

234

What happens in the home

235

Thoughts are coordinates

236

Not because of the circumstances we’re in

237

Are we coming to worship entitled or thankful?

238

Whose voice is louder?

239

Reflecting God or playing God?

240

Anger. The sleeping giant.

241

Picture yourself as a literal sponge

242

Eyes open on Friday the 13th

243

The one constant element in revival

244

A sanctuary of time

245

Simplicity vs. Complexity

246

Like a drop of water poured into wine

247

Physical rest without mental rest

248

The Babushki

249

Older men like fathers, women like mothers

250

Chronological snobbery

251

How will I build my empire?

252

He is not shocked

253

Against the powers of chaos

254

Botching the job

255

Sundays in arrears

256

Your example to the 99

257

The hypocritical use of God’s name

258

Bearing the Name

259

Taking God’s name in vain

260

An ambassador to the King of kings

261

God is jealous?

262

A perpetual factory of idols

263

Modern idolatry

264

No other gods before me

265

The God-shaped hole

266

You gotta know ‘em to keep ‘em

267

Neutralized from outside sources

268

They’re for you, but for others too

269

They trigger within us the image of God

270

Who else could have that kind of access?

271

His words will never ever pass away

272

What we want to do

273

How do we know what is or isn’t true online?

274

Vigilance

275

Keep calm and…

276

You may fail

277

He knew what was going to happen

278

One more move

279

Pandemonium

280

When the Devil reminds you of your past

281

These records tell me all kinds of bad things about you

282

All she had to live on

283

He sees and values you

284

People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord?

285

Thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small

286

Play your part

287

Whose likeness is this?

288

Render to Caesar

289

Priorities and social pressure

290

Disordered love

291

What’s to be learned from a dog’s yellow fur

292

Not some, but all

293

Delays are not denials

294

Pulling up a chair for Jesus

295

How did Jesus pray day by day?

296

Stability

297

Going through the motions

298

Your Trust-O-Meter

299

Tragedy: a life without purpose

300

As wings burden the bird in flight

301

God’s word is an on ramp

302

Christs to one another

303

Does having faith mean I’ll get rich?—no and yes

304

Holding on to unkeepable things

305

The new alternative lifestyle

306

We can’t really complain if…

307

A starving man trying to eat air

308

Arguing in polarizing times

309

A word that Christians need to reclaim

310

Ashes, mortality and the beginning of Lent

311

Fatty foods in the cupboard and sin in the heart

312

Who’s taking care of this kid?

313

Loving loving your neighbour, or loving your neighbour?

314

Serving those who cannot repay us

315

Your example matters

316

How did Jesus define greatness?

317

The ripple effect of words

318

Call out to God. Don’t wait.

319

God’s will: your sanctification

320

Put in the time

321

Spiritual muscle matters

322

Tuning your instrument after the concert

323

Enduring mockery

324

See to it that no one takes you captive

325

The vortex

326

Listen to him

327

Pack your coffin

328

The highest joy?

329

What you’re gaining vs giving up

330

Oblivious of self

331

Take up your electric chair

332

Win within

333

The mocking voice stopped

334

The spiritual power of allegiance

335

Saying it out loud

336

A stone in his mouth for 3 years

337

What does it mean to be disciplined?

338

Know you are loved

339

Being mentally present

340

Humility and hypocrisy

341

Closing the gaps

342

Praying on the fly

343

What is the Devil trying to do?

344

Time for you is also time for others

345

He will never allow us utterly to fail

346

Proximity to Jesus

347

The domino effect in the kingdom

348

Be still. Breathe. God is God.

349

When God speaks through other people

350

A leader above all leaders

351

When you feel unqualified

352

From observation to participation

353

Never out of hope

354

In Christ you are already new

355

What will life be like in 100 years from now?

356

And there were shepherds…

357

Words that build up

358

Not just for your soul, but your brain

359

A prayer for all Christians

360

The slavery of sin

361

The Messiah’s (questionable) family tree

362

Who’s changing who?

363

Friday the 13th

364

Bringing heaven home

365

A colony of heaven

366

Whose kingdom?

367

When faith costs you

368

Building muscle together

369

The threshold to God

370

What are your pennies?

371

A time is coming when men will go mad

372

Visual reminders

373

God’s pure medicine for your soul

374

Being knocked down and knocked out are different things

375

Save Your

376

Not just eventually, but presently

377

You need to sift

378

People grow better together

379

Loyalty, love and a lifestyle

380

They hate anything that reminds them of hope

381

You are like a house

382

If you want to actually be like Jesus

383

Rejoice—always?

384

Gobble gobble gobble

385

Fear and panic, or the peace of God?

386

If you want it out there, you need it in here

387

Sung from the trenches

388

The future you

389

Suffering can produce perseverance

390

Your “calling”

391

Resume Virtues vs. Eulogy Virtues

392

The best thing you can do for tomorrow

393

Trust God (and leave the results to him)

394

Halloween… and Reformation Day

395

To the one who has, more will be given

396

When all seems broken, uncertain or wrong

397

To help you love others

398

God doesn’t expect us to grow on our own

399

The eternal God picked you

400

What does it mean to bless someone?

401

Born to bless

402

The ‘unforgivable sin’

403

The protection of our big brother

404

He is interceding for you

405

Big Brother Jesus

406

Don’t let today’s defeat steal tomorrow’s victory

407

Humbly. Thankfully. Gladly.

408

“But they were brought up in the church…”

409

When they call you crazy

410

When it looks like you’re going in the wrong direction

411

Salvation before reputation

412

Actual power in the name

413

The sword of the Spirit in another person’s hand

414

Knowing your own story

415

Defend your faith by knowing your faith

416

The point isn’t to fit in

417

Distraction is deception’s co-pilot

418

Don’t let sensationalism mess with your thinking

419

Restorative practices that are due for a comeback

420

The restoration of the natural order

421

He heals both body and soul conjointly

422

Watching or following

423

Having sight but no vision

424

Just like a mama bear who protects her cubs

425

His power gives confidence and peace

426

Walking into a battlefield with one eye closed

427

The first thing I plan to do on resurrected legs

428

To destroy the works of the devil

429

Attention to detail

430

Vantage Point

431

Too-small-ism

432

Playing it safe

433

Come near to God and he will come near to you

434

A biblical definition of humility

435

What is success?

436

September’s Fresh Start

437

Internal civil war?

438

Short cuts make long delays

439

When you think you’re not noticed

440

We do what he does, but slower

441

Sacrifice is giving up good things for great things

442

Imitating the one who put others first

443

Is the purpose of life to arrive safely at death?

444

All this, and Jesus too!

445

PRay the long game

446

By perseverance the snail reached the ark

447

Playing the long game

448

The Jesus of Scripture, or of the mirror?

449

Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam

450

They tied a rope around his ankle

451

The angels of God will encamp around us

452

Put on the armour of light

453

Those who are with us are more

454

It’s about Jesus

455

Showing God his own handwriting

456

Integrity blesses others

457

Integrity is a trajectory

458

The protection integrity provides

459

Christ of the Abyss

460

The one in whom God delights

461

As a counterculture

462

Slander is an old-fashioned weapon

463

Laughter—through the tough times too

464

The right kind of order

465

Seeking his face

466

Your ‘courage muscle’

467

Fearing God first puts other fears second

468

Volcanic reverence

469

Closed doors aren’t always dead ends

470

Dealing with questions in a healthy way

471

It’s not a matter of if doubts come, but when

472

If you’re singing the same song

473

Prayer, meditation, affliction

474

Getting heaven into you

475

It’s not physical armour, but it is actual armour

476

A good life than a long

477

God is under no illusions

478

When you don’t get a thank you note

479

Vanity Fair is in the air

480

Body. Team. Army.

481

Make me receptive soil

482

When God is steering the ship

483

Roots, testing and falling away

484

The new self

485

Cannot be thrown down

486

Not only what you do, but what you don’t do

487

Training for the reign of Christ’s peace

488

Let the peace of Christ rule

489

Photo-shopped Jesus?

490

Unless you go forward

491

Whoever loses their life for me

492

Mesus and McJesus

493

Triumphant (over evil)

494

Partialness or fullness?

495

Cooperating with God’s forward motion

496

Where you’re at, not where you should be at

497

Is something “off”?

498

Praying as a unit

499

You never see a U-Haul behind a hearse

500

Identity and purpose

501

Jesus + ____________

502

Time with God, in tune with God

503

Covering our bases

504

Glory, then joy

505

Maturity is meant to be shared

506

Discipleship isn’t a competition

507

People on the narrow path need this

508

Narrow, not broad and wide

509

They fear concentration

510

Rarely does he let me see the script

511

Feet firmly planted

512

Personal, but never private

513

Courage is fighting alongside the King

514

Doubt your doubts

515

Casual and casualty sound so much the same

516

Too honest not to tell the truth

517

There exists such overwhelming evidence

518

Out of the cross

519

Putting some sand on the bridge

520

God entrusts us with certain potential

521

Though it be but words

522

Take the relationship seriously

523

Trading crosses for crowns

524

The nails failed

525

To redeem a race of rebels

526

Things are not always as they seem

527

Virtue as we enter the new dark ages

528

Details and diligence

529

Fair-weathered, or all-weather?

530

Because that’s what friends do

531

God works in the trenches

532

God is not put off by the messes

533

God’s timeline and your deadline

534

God is more committed to my ultimate joy than I am

535

Bread… but more than bread

536

Arrogance beside the cross?

537

Grow greater by growing smaller

538

Pride and destruction

539

Doing the right thing even when you feel alone

540

Going to worship is good for you, study says

541

You can’t threaten a man with heaven

542

For such a time as this

543

Don’t use providence as an excuse

544

Laughing in the Devil’s face

545

Good out of bad

546

Fasting in a world of self-indulgence

547

Prepare to meet thy God

548

God is working, behind the scenes

549

Doctrine and action aren’t opposities

550

Being where you need to be (a tip from Walter Gretzky)

551

Surprise adoptions?

552

When you’re frustrated at your lack of progress

553

I will in no wise cast you out

554

Sowing, reaping and decision-making

555

All hands on deck

556

Growth with depth

557

Oh ye of little strength

558

Speaking the truth in love

559

All your sins listed on your back? Fear not.

560

The organic unity of Scripture

561

And when I run, I feel his pleasure

562

Not just for official religious people

563

Do not be conformed to the world

564

Both conformity and uniqueness

565

Holy Spirit, I cooperate with you

566

Expect opposition

567

Help for January

568

If we are unkind, our pants are on fire

569

It’s probably a problem if other people are always the problem

570

What if God was providing for you in advance?

571

Where is God when things seem crazy?

572

Mid-course corrections and moving forward

573

A millimeter discrepancy leads to a thousand mile loss

574

Spirituality: always lived from below

575

Courage is humility plus muscle

576

An offering for a King

577

Habits are priorities with a watch

578

With God all things are possible

579

Fear: a doorway, not a disaster

580

Through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit

581

I am only the workshop in which God operates

582

Knowing God, not knowing everything

583

It’s the most wonderful (or stressful?) time of the year

584

The generosity of Saint Nicholas

585

It’s (b)right around the corner

586

The way to avoid hitting a wall hard

587

This is how we know that we love the children of God

588

A Christian one-liner that makes you think

589

When your prayer life hits a dry spell

590

The rabbit holes of speculation

591

Deep fakes, AI, scammers and news: What’s real?

592

Why are we doing this?

593

Advent: preparing for Jesus

594

Stay Weird

595

A house that will not stand empty

596

A decision: I will be steadfast

597

The eyes of your heart

598

Crooked lines?

599

Increasing in faith and love

600

Just because something doesn’t have a bow

601

Permission to smile

602

Rushing is not a friend of noticing

603

Encased in grace

604

Shallow positivity

605

Soul gription

606

Sunday School Teachers

607

The prayer life of Jesus

608

Always. Even if it’s getting dark

609

Inner health made audible

610

Pray (always) and don’t give up (always)

611

Virtue and adversity

612

Waiting is made possible by hope

613

Studying the insights of others

614

Discomfort, pain and youth

615

God’s unparalleled renovation of the world

616

Perseverance is possible

617

The Five Solas

618

We pick stuff up, almost by osmosis

619

Roots stabilize you

620

Sovereign, holy, wise, loving, good—always

621

Seize kingdom moments

622

Making someone look dumb or bad

623

Whoever is kind to the needy

624

Supersizing the wrong things

625

Simplicity of lifestyle

626

Barrenness of soul

627

Your light and the coming dark

628

Brothers and sisters

629

Right and almost right

630

Being FOR things

631

For the peace of Jerusalem

632

The 24-hour rule

633

The crown of splendour

634

Look for the good

635

Giving the Spirit the scope to do his work

636

Resisting the plague of forgetfulness

637

Humble Saviour, humble servants

638

Even if he hinders you 10,000 times

639

Holy, holy, holy

640

Love outpoured

641

Following Christ (or the crowd)?

642

Readiness

643

Plans that are firm-founded

644

Confidence not arrogance

645

Followers of the Way, not of the moment

646

Preparing for big situations with little situations

647

Honouring God in big situations

648

Remain faithful in affliction

649

Bread won’t help you if you don’t eat it

650

Keeping hope in front of your face

651

Living by the light of tomorrow’s sun

652

Hope works backward to lift you forward

653

Things you keep doing to keep growing

654

Set up camp

655

Take back your mind

656

From a place of stillness

657

Pride goes before destruction

658

A friend loves at all times

659

Wounds from a friend

660

A good name is desirable

661

As a dog returns to its vomit

662

God’s loving discipline

663

Envy rots the bones

664

Guard your centre

665

Step 1 to becoming wise

666

The company you keep

667

He will make straight your paths

668

The wise, hard-working ant

669

How God’s justice encourages peace

670

Your soul has a label with three words

671

Who are we when all our things are taken away?

672

Received, not achieved

673

Little actions, big mission

674

Unexpected holy ground

675

A God who never sleeps

676

We don’t believe in luck

677

God continues to speak to his people

678

Where can I flee from your presence?

679

The rain was God’s tears

680

Don’t be careless, but don’t be too careful either

681

Praying for strangers right then and there

682

Jesus’ disciples, Scripture’s pupils

683

Go out of your way to say it

684

Blessing God and bending the knee

685

Follow your… head

686

Talking to your own soul

687

Not one extreme, but both

688

Comforts can have casualties

689

Confessing sins: Life, hope, freedom

690

Well done, good and faithful servant

691

Success is servanthood

692

Teach us to number our days

693

Divine deliverance

694

Do you talk AT God or WITH God?

695

Holding fast

696

Reinforcements

697

Difficulty, but never defeat

698

Brutally honest and brief

699

Perspective corrective

700

Even if you have to wait

701

Experiences of hardship

702

Where God puts a comma

703

With all your mind

704

What is in us, not what ought to be in us

705

Create in me a clean heart

706

Salvation and sanctification

707

Against you only have I sinned

708

When God’s answer is better

709

Fighting pessimism with praise

710

Inner stillness

711

Being big picture people

712

The big picture and right-sizing our problems

713

The seed that grew after thousands of years

714

The trustworthy voice of Jesus

715

Being pursued by goodness and mercy

716

Powerful truths for perilous times

717

THROUGH

718

The fruit-yielding tree God will use to bless others

719

Chewing the cud of God’s word

720

Enter by the narrow gate

721

Doesn’t God expect us to be perfect?

722

A direction, not perfection

723

Godishness

724

The God of second chances

725

Use what you learn to serve God

726

Learn from your mistakes

727

Mistakes

728

God can use opposition for his purposes

729

Blood was the only hope

730

They stumble because they disobey the word

731

Jesus is our Map

732

Ordinary missionary

733

Sacrifice that doesn’t make the news

734

Jesus prayed for unity among believers

735

The glory of Jesus outshines

736

When you finally “get” the cross

737

Wisdom or real estate?

738

The king has one more move

739

Four words for Good Friday

740

And we are its hands

741

Talk not only about what you’re doing, but why

742

An upside of tradition

743

Generosity or animosity

744

God is bigger

745

A nap and a snack

746

A love-first mentality

747

Unofficial leadership

748

Don’t let your eyes deceive you

749

Follow through

750

Pray for yourself… and the preacher

751

God’s book

752

An eternal anchor

753

The bride whose life was changed

754

An unshakable kingdom

755

The other-worldly kingdom

756

Live like royalty

757

Deeply rooted joy

758

Hello Glow Stick

759

In a tight spot

760

God’s will and God’s word

761

Trust God, not your gut

762

What is integrity?

763

Three unhelpful over-simplifications

764

What YOU bring to worship

765

What Jesus prays for you

766

Ash Wednesday and holiness

767

Shrove Tuesday and confessing sin

768

Chaos around you (not within you)

769

Frowning providence, The Pilgrim’s Progress, and you

770

Providence not just in big things, but daily things

771

In Christ you cannot lose

772

We see the brushstrokes

773

Destructive self-importance

774

Freedience

775

What you put in, and what you keep out

776

Joy is a diet (not a pill)

777

Making margin

778

Persistence without insight

779

Christ will wipe it off

780

Return hatred with love

781

Don’t confuse a battleground for a playground

782

When you feel like a misfit

783

Pruning

784

So little unstructured time

785

Presence—not religious box-ticking

786

Be present

787

How do you spell love?

788

Being warred against

789

Incremental, not accidental

790

Our Comforter and Advocate

791

With the Paraklete you are plural

792

Tune me to your frequency

793

Our daily discipleship makes an impression

794

Wrestling with God… to lose

795

Like a sheep in a ditch… again

796

Jesus knows what it’s like

797

The reason he endured it all

798

Whether we’ve been praying for five minutes or fifty years

799

Being compassionately different

800

Talking to your problems about God

801

Entangling media

802

Be a tree

803

The God of personal contact

804

The Word became flesh—here

805

Does Jesus give us a blank cheque in prayer?

806

Blind to our own blind spots

807

The rock that is higher than I

808

Is anything too hard for the LORD?

809

This is the Way

810

What we want to be true vs. what actually is

811

Clarity in confusing times

812

Make our hearts a map of heaven

813

Increasing winds outside the church

814

Failure doesn’t disqualify you

815

Helping someone in their sea of alligators

816

Desperate times call for…

817

An alien visitor at Christmas

818

Happiness and contentment

819

The Topsy-Turvy Kingdom

820

Striving to do good, or to look good?

821

It’s okay to simplify Christmas

822

Losing ego, finding God

823

Presently, not just eventually

824

Before darkness overtakes you

825

The scales have been tipped

826

Our enemies shall not touch us

827

Steadfast minds

828

Something greater than ourselves

829

Resisting the opinions and emotional climate of the crowd

830

Re-dedicate it to Jesus

831

We all benefit, we all contribute

832

When you’re feeling low

833

He makes your life better, not worse

834

The best of us, not what’s left of us

835

Costly devotion

836

If you follow Jesus you’re different—and that’s okay

837

That split second moment

838

Destructive criticism

839

Being Christlike to one another

840

Can we earn heaven?

841

WWJD? Be humble

842

Tears of sadness to gladness

843

A little pail of tears

844

The community of imperfect believers

845

Church consumer or member?

846

When things are not as they should be

847

Three options when facing despair

848

An acronym for FEAR

849

Beating back fear

850

The lions are chained

851

You can’t rush God

852

Love is important to God—and to his people

853

Humility and receptivity to God

854

With many advisers they succeed

855

Scripture cannot be set aside

856

“Hear” is a verb

857

There’s no better time spent

858

Does your actual life reflect your purpose?

859

Write down your purpose

860

What is ‘abundant’ life?

861

Wasteful or wise?

862

One of the reasons ‘the world is falling apart’?

863

Thinking constructively about hardship

864

He had no legs. And he bought some shoes.

865

Is God punishing me?

866

What God can do through you is greater

867

A cord of three strands

868

The formula that blesses anyone

869

Which captain?

870

What Jesus prayed for you

871

2 minutes every day

872

When we cannot trace his hand

873

The Queen’s words

874

Truth matters

875

When you turn a blind eye to reality

876

Be alert

877

Careless words

878

What is uprightness?

879

Praying for steadfastness

880

What if fitting in wasn’t the goal

881

Shopping for lightning bolts

882

Having the light of life

883

Lightsome

884

Real believing and real following

885

Following the pillar of fire

886

Cheap grace vs. costly grace

887

The rut of cynicism

888

The older ones first

889

How can you still attend church?

890

Grace opens doors

891

Science AND faith

892

Counter-cultural modesty

893

Get secure

894

The wilderness

895

A new and uncertain era

896

He had mine

897

Selective listening

898

Born blamers

899

Lovingly disagreeing

900

Rushing to conclusions

901

When man and God switched places

902

When ‘Serenity Now!’ doesn’t work

903

We want Scott!

904

Knowing everything, being perfect and solving every problem

905

A puzzle piece to God

906

Over-functioning and under-believing

907

A recipe for national happiness?

908

Playing the part, neglecting the heart

909

Dark power

910

When a relationship becomes TOO central to your soul

911

When nice things become ultimate things

912

Gorging on the right things, or the wrong things?

913

Hearing a ‘still small voice’ over the roar of your appetites

914

Impact bias

915

Your soul has an appetite

916

God’s big-picture providence for you

917

The best way to teach someone else to trust and follow Jesus

918

It is I; do not be afraid

919

Uncertainty, opportunity, intimacy

920

Every year you grow, you will find me bigger

921

The E word

922

Peace not panic

923

Re-thinking what your legacy will be

924

What do you have to give?

925

Can I really make a difference?

926

The probability of this specific Messiah

927

Violence vs. Love

928

Walking with Jesus

929

He sleeps in a storm

930

God took our heads out

931

Can you defend the Gospels in the coming storm?

932

Well-rooted in a world of opinions

933

A Judge who is FOR you

934

Visual cues for spiritual truths

935

Stopping not starting

936

Heart work is one of his specialties

937

Confidence in the Word

938

God is working (so take the pressure off)

939

The ‘Jesus Reference Point’

940

Yield to Jesus when you are fearful or anxious about the future

941

(Really) prioritizing the faith of children as we re-vision our lives

942

Desperation at the feet of Jesus

943

Cast Away – but never hopeless

944

Un-drifting from shore

945

He experienced your death sentence to set you free

946

Love one another: The meaning of Maundy Thursday

947

Criticized for faith? Rejoice!

948

Fickle or faithful?

949

Talking faith? Take the pressure off

950

Yield your thoughts

951

Hope is kindled

952

Knowing and showing that better is coming

953

Illness has an end-date

954

Pray big at the throne

955

Living each day like death is dead

956

Extreme individualism is on the rise

957

Love and hate both take energy

958

Saved FROM calamity FOR abundance

959

Help is never far away

960

The launching pad for life

961

Stumbling into (or preparing to) worship

962

The antithesis of worship

963

Warning signs over sanctuary doors

964

The recipe for greatness

965

The ongoing billboard of Satan’s defeat

966

The battle you’re in whether you know it or not

967

People-pleasers or God-pleasers?

968

More him, less me

969

Our fears are afraid of God

970

Jesus: the choir director who reshapes our moral tune

971

The value of a lifebuoy

972

If I should wake before I die

973

You can’t expect the world to change if…

974

Muting the demonic tongue

975

Following is imitating

976

A new time and a new task

977

The skull of motivation (Ash Wednesday)

978

It begins within (What is Shrove Tuesday?)

979

The monks were clearly playing by different rules

980

An opportunity to trust God

981

Tears have a way of bringing clarity

982

When we know the stakes are high

983

Ritual or relationship?

984

An anchored identity

985

Discuss your priorities

986

The source and security of your dignity

987

The word you should say when you look in the mirror

988

Disgrace, dignity and wine

989

The fresh air of friendship

990

Control issues about the future?

991

Jump anyway. I can see you!

992

Confidence and obedience: mutual accelerants

993

Following Jesus is 3D, not 2D

994

Truth because he cares

995

Joy, even after watching his house burn down

996

The most important thing on the to-do list crossed off

997

The Holy Spirit makes your spirit whole

998

Sigh

999

A reset if you’re barely holding on

1000

Truth-less “grace,” or grace-less “truth”?