The Daily Grind ☕️ - Pardon The Interruption I see humor throughout the Bible - it’s just the way I’m wired. I’ve often said, “If God doesn’t have a sense of humor, I’m going to be in trouble.” One of my f…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - The Church Alive and Well Last night, we attended a gathering of about 25 people from our church family. We call it a spiritual family. There was no agenda or program. Just good people wanting to be together to enjoy a fellowsh…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Thwarting the Devil Peter is preaching the good news of Jesus to Cornelius’ household and his friends. The difference now is that they are not Jewish. In this “Gentile Pentecost” sermon, Peter gives Jesus&rsq…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - How Desperate Are You? We have to get over the worship styles and preferences of others. Some are exuberant by nature. Others are reflective and calm. All are legitimate. All of us need to have the same spirit as the woman in …
The Daily Grind ☕️ - 21 Seconds to Change Your Life I taught a series on the Lord’s Model Prayer sometime last year. It was good for me, the preacher. I began praying this prayer several times a day. It has been a game-changer. It only takes …
The Daily Grind ☕️ - One Voice Among Millions is Enough Have you ever felt insignificant or that your voice doesn’t really count? We all have felt that at one time. Like one small voice among millions, the Roman believers felt that too. This…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Revival Isn’t Coming, It’s Here I saw recently where 8,000 students attended a worship gathering in a Kentucky college. 2,000 gave their hearts to Jesus. The light of Christ is dawning on campuses, in locker rooms, …
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Throw It To Him Worry is a killer. 76% of U.S. adults experienced stress-related health impacts in the past month. The Bible has much to say on the topic. Peter gives us a definitive way to off-load the burdens we carry. The w…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Say It Out Loud I remember that I heard the message of Jesus preached, taught, shared, and illustrated multiple times before everything clicked. While God is sovereign, He has chosen to use the proclamation of His Word as the …
The Daily Grind ☕️ - The Word of Faith The message of salvation through faith in Christ is not complicated or difficult to understand. The initial requirement is only that you believe. In this verse, “The word” simply means the message…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Welcome Home Grace is an invitation to come home; to the place of origination, safety, beauty, and restoration. Jesus invites you to abide in Him. The meaning of Grace as “home” is from the etymology of the Hebrew …
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Throw Off Your Old Garment When the teacher-rabbi was passing by, Bartimaeus was ready to shed his old life and identify with Jesus fully. So he threw off his outer garment, which identified him as a broken, blind beggar, and …
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Practical Living Paul’s admonition to be careful and mindful of how we live speaks to the practical outworking of faith in your daily life. John Eldredge calls this facet of our life in Christ, “The Dailies.”…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Battle Weary I have come to appreciate Psalm 91 as a daily prayer. The last few years have been traumatic, culturally and individually, on our souls. John Eldredge coined the term, Cultural Fatigue. That has aptly captured the…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Stand and Fight to Win Did you know there are plans, schemes, and strategies already in force against you? Why? Because you are the object of God's love. Where God works to redeem, the Enemy works to destroy. The use of the te…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Your Due Season is Coming I get tired. Fatigue has a way of catching up. I tend to run and gun, then my body, mind, and spirit let me know, "You're done, time to rest." However, even in the midst of restoration and recuperatio…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Motive Matters There is something innate in us that wants to be liked, respected, and even revered. We want to belong. It can drive us to be ingenuous. Paul recognized it and made it clear that he intended to resist people-ple…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Empowered and Emboldened The promise of the empowerment of the Holy Spirit was given and received. We who know Christ have been tasked to share the Gospel aka, the Good News, to those He brings before us. This grace to share C…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Real Solutions for the Real World Chronic stress has been linked to numerous health problems and can have long-lasting effects on individuals and society as a whole. Anxiety caused a significant increase in chronic illnesses a…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - That I May Know Him Through the years I have signed notes, cards, and letters with "Phil 3:10." It has been a life verse for me. It captures my heart's desire. "That I may know Him." As a new believer these words jumped off th…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - Called, Equipped, and Empowered Jesus gathered with His disciples to clarify their mission: "As you go, disciple nations." It's called the "Great Commission." Just know that Jesus would never send you out and not equip you wit…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - The Life I Now Live There is a life to be lived in this world, right here and right now. It's a life of faith, joy, confidence, security, peace, strength, vision, and power. The key is not giving in to the constant assault on y…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - When Jesus Calls Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in his poignant book, The Cost of Discipleship, “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” I remember being deeply impacted many years ago, and it is just as powe…
The Daily Grind ☕️ - If You Are Suffering Keep on doing what is right. One of my favorite book titles is by Eugene Peterson, "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction.” Simple. Poignant. Trust your lives to the God who created you. He is faith…
