The Devil is in the Details

John 8:32 (CSB) You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. I don’t remember where I first heard the statement “the devil is in the detail” but it seems to have come up frequently as of late. I decided to look it up to see the true meaning. It is an idiom…

What’s the Point?

Romans 5:1-5 (ESV) Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance and endurance…

Live Like It

Luke 9:23-25 (NLT) Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you…

Old Scar, New Skin – A Devotion

Matthew 9:17 (NLT) “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.”   As the winds of change blow through our family once again, it is with…

Every Other Thing – A Devotion

Psalm 27:4-6 (NLT) The one thing I ask of the Lord—the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple. For he will conceal me there when troubles come; he will hide me in his sanctuary. He will place…