You’re not done yet. But God didn’t wait for us to get it together. He snatched us from death itself—loving us just as we are. That’s grace. We are saved by grace alone. And grace changes everything!

“We don’t do nothin’”, spoken as emphatically as a double negative can say. We just believe. And believing ain’t doing; the doing is done. But what did the doing do? And what do we do about it? Faith changes everything!

What are you looking forward to God doing in you and through you in the coming year? We once were lost but now we’re found. We often forget, but can plan to remember. What God began, Christ will complete! God isn’t finished with us yet.

We’re easily underwhelmed in our sensationalized and cynical age. We’ve seen too much to believe too much—though we crave the next great spectacle. Jesus promises even greater things than what we read in the biblical accounts. In other words, God isn’t finished with us yet!

Everything involves tradeoffs. We keep something at the expense of something else. What we hold onto limits our ability to receive something else. Surrendering is scary until we realize what we are giving-up pales in comparison to what we will receive.

What we do for others does as much—if not more—for ourselves. Sacrifice changes us. Our hearts are affected. So, is it a heart full of love that moves us to sacrifice, or does a sacrifice for another engender love in our hearts?

“Do you trust me?” It may seem obvious, but if you pose the question, then trust is in question. Whether to trust or not depends less on the subject and more on the object of trust. So, Abraham shows what we all need to know. Can God be trusted?

It’s not if, but when we have a conflict. The fact is, as we grow closer with others, we can let our guard down and enjoy the fulfillment that authentic friendships afford. But when you let your guard down, you can get cold-cocked. That’s why fighting for our friendships is critical.

No marriage is free from fighting, and so we really need to fight for our marriages.  The battle is not against flesh and blood, but with the devil, his temptations, and the sin we all struggle to starve.  Want to know how to have a stronger marriage?

We fight with our families, naturally, but it is really a supernatural battle we are in.  When we keep this thought in mind, we realize the need to fight for our families and to resist the devil’s schemes to divide and conquer.