Scripture"So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life, your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life, and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him."Romans 12:1 (MSG)  Devotional ReflectionPaul intentionally uses ordinary language. Sleeping. Eating. Going to work. Walking around. ...

Scripture"Is there anyone around who can explain God?Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do?Anyone who has done him such a huge favor that God has to ask his advice?Everything comes from him;Everything happens through him;Everything ends up in him.Always glory! Always praise!Yes. Yes. Yes.So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life, your sleeping, eating...

Scripture“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”James 5:16b (NIV)Devotional ReflectionJames declares that the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. That statement immediately raises an important question: Who is righteous? Scripture tells us that none of us is righteous on our own. Even our best efforts cannot make us right before a holy God.The good news of...