FINDING HOMESCRIPTUREDo not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.-Romans 12:2I love the GPS "go home" command. It means that, no matter how lost I feel, there is a way home, and GPS will take me there. Don't you wish GPS could help us find God's will t...  Read More

LETTING GOSCRIPTURESo humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.-1 Peter 5:6-7 (NLT)One morning I was listening to a piano solo on my music app. The melody called to me. Usually, I don't pay attention to song titles, but something about the gentle runs and rhythm of this partic...  Read More

A BURNING DESIREWORSHIP FOCUSDesiring God FirstSCRIPTUREAnd I will make an everlasting covenant with them:I will never stop doing good for them.I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.-Jeremiah 32:40 (NLT)God wants to accomplish a spring cleaning in our hearts as we take this thoughtful journey to the cross. This cleaning involves God's examination of our he...  Read More

WE NEED MORE HELPSCRIPTUREHe has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again.On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us.-2 Corinthians 1:10We live in a hopeless culture. Post-pandemic, we have lost what we believed would never change. We understand "tentative" in a way we never wanted to. We've collected more maybes about a future we can't predict. We'v...  Read More

FATHER KNOWS BESTSCRIPTUREYour Father knows what you need before you ask him.-Matthew 6:8bIn the television program Father Knows Best that aired in the 1950s, the character Jim Anderson seemed to always know the right words to say or the best advice to give. We knew it was just a show with a written script and actors, but sometimes we wished it was true. We wanted Jim Anderson for our own dad.Toda...  Read More

I WANT TO SEESCRIPTURE"What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him.The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see."-Mark 10:51When our daughter began to lose her eyesight, her world changed. She could still see light, but it wasn't enough. Shapes lost their edges, and faces ran together. Words drowned on pages without hope of rescue. What she couldn't see with her eyes, she began to see with he...  Read More

MORE GRACESCRIPTUREBut he gives us more grace.-James 4:6aWe always need more of something: money, closeness in relationships, sleep. I usually need more time. I often put more on my to-do list than I can reasonably finish, and then I pat myself on the back when I accomplish half of my list.I am slowly learning that God's list for me is shorter and more focused. God reminds us that he is the first ...  Read More

ALL MY NEEDSSCRIPTUREAnd my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.-Philippians 4:19Can God really meet all our needs? Paul, the writer of the letter to the Philippian church, is the true poster child for allowing God to define and meet needs. He testified to accessing glorious riches in Christ that met everything he needed. I am glad God doesn't give me ...  Read More

AN ACCOUNTINGSCRIPTUREWhat will I do when God confronts me?What will I answer when called to account?-Job 31:14Few people look forward to annual reviews, regardless of whether the evaluation is medical or professional. We're afraid we may not pass some sort of test. When someone else holds the power to change our lives with a review, it can be scary. Lent is a good time for a spiritual review. We ...  Read More

A BURNING NEEDWORSHIP FOCUSYearningSCRIPTUREMy soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.- Psalm 84:2God is generous in ways we will never understand. He has promised to meet our needs, and he also blesses us with surprises. Too often we elevate our wants to needs. We fear we won't get what we want otherwise. It is a useless game because...  Read More

DON'T FORGETSCRIPTUREYou forget the LORD your Maker, who stretches out the heavens and who lays the foundations of the earth.-Isaiah 51:13aHow often does someone remind us: Don't forget the milk, your lunch, to pick up the kids, or some other task? Do reminders sear the instruction in special memory cells of our brains? Not unless we do something like write a note, set an alarm, or take care of th...  Read More

HUNGER AND THIRSTSCRIPTUREBlessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.—Matthew 5:6Many of us live in a culture that doesn't understand thirst. So many of us have known only the kind of periodic hunger that can be immediately sated, rather than the kind of gnawing, painful hunger that persists because there is literally no food. Many of us carry bottled water ...  Read More