In the moment, it often feels like moving forward is better than staying still, but this verse of wisdom flips that feeling on its head and reminds us of God's truth. A patient person is better than a warrior. Self-control is better than taking a city. This is what we should prefer, if we want …
The Shunammite woman and her family left their home for seven years because of a famine. She obeyed the Lord and went away to the land of the Philistines for seven years. When she returned, she went to the king to petition to get her land back. At the exact moment she showed up, Gehazi, …
Today, my book comes out. Hooray! It's a good day when I put my work into the world for other people to read. It's book two of a series about dragon adventures, and it's a fun story to write. But now that it's done, it means it's time to pick what I write next. I …
In 2 Kings 6, the king of Aram besieged Samaria, and the city ran out of food. People were starving to death and resorting to cannibalism. It was bad. The king was past his breaking point and went to Elisha the prophet, and Elisha got this word from the Lord. Even when things look so …
In the midst of fighting something, it can be easy to freak out. This verse reminds us that just because something is not giving you fruit right now does not mean it won't give you fruit later. We need to have long-term vision, not short-term. Just because something didn't produce what you thought it would …
"When you go to war" is not a question. It's not theoretical. It's coming, it's just a matter of when. When you see an army greater than yours: the fight in front of you is going to look big. It's going to look impossible. It's going to look scary. God says when it happens, do …
The church is the body of Christ, and a body is made up of many parts. Unity does not mean becoming the same as each other, but rather, working in harmony with others to each do the role and purpose God created you for. Comparison is fruitless because each part is made for its own …
God can do all things, and when we remember that, we keep him in his proper place and us in ours. Job went through some pretty severe trials and suffering, but his conclusions that we see at the end of his story in the Bible are that God is God, and he is not. He …
God is our Protector. Sometimes protection doesn't feel good; protection can include discipline, correcting, closing a door, putting you on a different path than you thought, keeping you hidden, a wilderness season. Not all of those things feel good in the moment, but when God protects us, he is keeping us safe. People who don't …
God has called you out of darkness and out of being darkness. As a light in the Lord, the places you go in life are places you can bring the Lord's light to. One single light can make a large room bright. A light, when it shines, is visible to others and gives others light. …
Jules Conrad 