Taking It to Work: Hello the title for today’s workplace devotional is “Higher Pay,” based out of Acts 3 and Matt 5. We read in Acts 3 that a man who could not walk asked Peter and James for money. When Peter acknowledged him, the scripture says the man fixed Read more…
Taking It to Work: Merry Christmas! One of my wife’s favorite movies this time of year is called, “A Christmas Story.” We watch it as a family almost every year. One of my favorite scenes is where Ralphie, after opening all of his gifts, finds out that his dad had Read more…
Taking It to Work: What we get paid is important. We work for a paycheck . . . most of us anyway, and the amount of money we get for each hour or week or month is something most people track, at least to some extent. We don’t want to Read more…
Taking It to Work: Most of us start out, in our younger years, longing for the life that prosperity can bring. There is nothing more natural than to want the most out of life. In fact, in our children, if we we don’t see that desire to excel and be Read more…
Taking It to Work: The passage from Luke is a very sobering, rhetorical question posed to us by Jesus – ‘Why do we call Him Lord, if we insist on doing our own thing?’ Humans, in general, are very stubborn, and self-assured. Even after our promise to follow Him as Read more…
Taking It to Work: The world’s system rewards the powerful and the wealthy. In the professional world, it is talent and accomplishment that get you noticed. Leaders are honored and esteemed, and the highest positions are reserved for those who have made the most out of their opportunities. The four Read more…
Taking It to Work: I am a fisherman, and I love going out on the open ocean. I can sit for hours looking out over that beautiful, blue expanse. Sea turtles, deep water dolphin, flying fish, and when we lived down in Mexico for a while, whales. Huge fin whales Read more…
Taking It to Work: Something happens when a grandfather takes hold of his young grandson’s hand. Confidence, stability, and direction are instantly transmitted into that warm grasp. I still remember…the fear of tripping, or getting lost, or feeling alone was entirely expelled as that seemingly huge, but gentle hand completely Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: Gratitude mounts upon need. The heart that knows no need, knows little of thanksgiving. He who knows no thanksgiving, even though rich, dies of want. Sin drives deep a vast debt, unpaid in many works, for even these lack for purity. Darkness cannot abide with light, Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: I speak to those who are lost. Even those who call Me Lord continue on a faulted path. For many – a circle, repeating again the tried and false way. You have been redeemed for eternity, but in darkness remain for fear of light. Wake Read more…