Devotions
“No Offense Dad”
As a father of a 9 year old, it amazes me how quickly they have matured from the days of when they just think about what is for their benefit to now being sensitive of hurting me or my wife’s feelings. My son has been using this phrase in times of correction or for attention [...]
Drifting Away
Drifting away can become very unnoticeable. Every summer, I usually go to the shore with family and friends. Once we get into the ocean and become occupied with the water, we later look up and notice that we have drifted away from where we first entered. We never intended to move along with the water [...]
Finding Contentment in GOD
Complaining about how difficult and stressful our jobs are can become a daily discourse. Sometimes, we go to lengths with comparing and wishing we had other people’s seemingly easy life. Other times, we complain about how some people have it so easy and how lucky they are that they have “this” instead of “that.” [...]
Our God Inhabits Praise
Our God inhabits praise.
The problem with subjectivity is that everything can be justified, and truth isn’t absolute. Seemingly, there are more than two sides to a coin, and what is right is based on how something is defined, and typically, the one who can define their version vocally has the upper hand.
Somehow, the same [...]
Great Humility and Great Confidence
If I do not love God, it is because I do not believe I am loved.
“Believe the gospel,” easier said than done, I know. However, I must say, as a Christian for about 4 years, that is the one thing I have found most lacking amongst the people I have met inside and outside [...]
Love is Here. Love is Now.
Love is here. Love is now.
This is the song I picked as an introduction for our upcoming family camp (retreat). After several times having thoroughly listened to this song, I couldn’t help but wonder about the chorus, “love is here, love is now.“ I hear this phrase all the time from others, “Hey man, [...]
East to West by Casting Crowns
Even though this song basically repeats, it has such a strong meaning to it. It definitely has a strong meaning for me. In life, you should never base how you should live your life on your own understandings. I pretty much had to learn that the hard way many times, until recently I really learned that I shouldn’t.
Praise Amidst Depression
The dictionary defines depression as “a state of sadness or hopelessness.”
It is really surprising that 20 years ago, depression was not as popular or talked about as it is today. It was merely an emotional low. But now, it has also become physical, that anti depression drugs has become so prevalent and addictive to [...]
Testing Reveals Your Heart
Deuteronomy 8:2-3
God allows us to suffer difficulties and hardship for a purpose. God led the children of Israel to wander through the wilderness for 40 years in order to humble and test them. When they refused to obey Him and enter the Promised Land, the Israelites revealed that they did not really know Him. [...]
Which One?
I want to live my life with less words and more actions…promise less and deliver more.
I want my every action to be engulfed in wisdom, truth and love.
I want God’s love to be the ONLY way I love.
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