January 2023
Be a peacemaker! Helping others to make things right!
You realize that people are going to do things and say things out of our control right? You realize that the only thing we can control is how we respond to it. So it always depends on us how we will react to what is said. It always depends on us how we will respond…
Know Who God says you are!
Do you know who God says you are? Consider this song as we jump into who God says you are: Let’s be the dads who know God says we are children of God! Let’s be the dads who know that God says we branches of the true vine, and conduits of Christ’s life! Let’s be…
Do you believe it? Even when you don’t see it?
Yes at times things may feel tough but in those moments we need to believe in God! Yes at times might feel free and in those moments we need to believe in God! When we see it come to be it’s easier to believe and yet we are called to believe even when we don’t…
On Mission! Committed! Willing! Fulfilling God’s mission for you!
Are you going out into the world and making disciples? Are you going out into the world and sharing the good news of Jesus? Are you going out into the world bringing the life-giving message of Jesus Christ to every generation across the street and around the world? Let’s be the dads who start in…
Let’s be the dads who choose to be world changers
Let’s be the dads who live our lives loving our wives as Jesus loves the church so we can be world changers! Let’s be the dads who live our lives loving, raising, and training our kids how they should go so that we can be world changers! Let’s be the dads who shine for Jesus…
Purpose – find it. Purposefully is how you will live!
We have all been created on purpose, with purpose, and for a purpose. In seeking through books like Matthew Barnett’s The Cause within You: Finding the One Great Thing God Created You to Do in This World and Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Life. Are you ready to find God’s purpose for your life so that…
Community starts at home and then extends into the world.
“As today begins and the world is returning back to a post-holiday setup, I am so glad my girls got to come home and am sad that I ended up getting sick and didn’t get to spend as much time as I would have liked with them. The community that was taking place while they…
Starting with our focus on having a relationship with Jesus!
“I remember over 20 years ago when the aha moment came when I realized it wasn’t about rituals or routines but rather it was about having a relationship with Jesus. I had gone through the processes and never even heard about the reality of a relationship with Jesus. It was never expressed nor taught, so…
How are you feeling? What’s going on? Do you know how to find out?
True wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are His! Is it the weather? Is it some situation? Is it your health? Is it something you did or are doing? Is there a trigger that caused it? Are you ready to turn to God to get wisdom? Are you ready to trust…
Do you know what’s going on? Tested, trial, tempted, tribulation, or troubled.
Tested? Consider from the readings from Job as found over the past couple days in the devotions on From 2005 to Eternity with posts like: Are you able to consider it pure joy when you face trials of many kinds? – God’s story through my life from 2005 to eternity… and Do you know what’s…
How to respond to trials and troubles that come our way!
We know from the words of Jesus in John 16:33 that “‘Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”” We know from the words in James 1:2-4 that when we face trials and troubles we should consider it pure joy because: “when troubles of…
Let’s lead and leave a God-centered and God-focused legacy!
How far back can you trace your family tree? Remember as a kid counting something like 1, 2, skipped a few, 99, 100? Do you realize we have a legacy that intersects with Noah? Do you remember why and how God selected Noah and was called to build the ark to help reset civilization? Do…
As this new year begins, how can we reset and get ready?
Are there things you need to get rid of? Are there things you need to let go of? Are there things you need to prepare and bring along? Are there things you need to make sure you have as seeds to sow? Are there things you need to make sure you have as food to…
Praise God our savior who carries us each day in His arms.
As today begins and a new year of school and work kicks in, today’s topic resonates with me more and more. The words that came to my mind were let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Even when a devotional is a single scripture verse, it speaks volumes to how we need to live…