Do we give God the proper respect and reverence that is due to Him every day? Throughout the day, it's quite easy to neglect God's presence in our lives. It's quite easy to forget who it is we speak to when we go into prayer. It's quite easy to...

My mind wanders a lot. I've accepted this as a fact of life for me. It's how God created me to be. It's advantageous in some sense because I'm constantly processing things in my mind. It helps me think through...

Jesus can come back at any time. In fact, he can return right now as I'm typing this sentence. Or as you're reading this blog post. Jesus proclaimed His return in several passages in the gospels. In the gospel of Luke, He said...

We don't own a TV. In fact, I haven't watched television in 8 years—maybe longer. One afternoon, we had friends over for lunch and their 5-year-old son was running around our home screaming in his tiny voice, "Where's the TV?!" He was baffled at the fact that we don't own one.

Is anything too small or seemingly too silly to pray for? I sometimes mistakenly think that I should only pray for the major things in life. Things like a final exam or a medical appointment or a job interview or a big project. There are countless small things that seem silly to me to pray about such as…

We want things to happen right away—right here and right now. Many things have been created and designed to make life as convenient and as efficient as possible for us. And if something isn't this way, we might get a little frustrated by that. We get a little frustrated when…

I give myself a big break every Saturday. I call it my "cheat day" where I allow myself to slow down and be less intense with life. In particular, I allow myself to be less intense with my spiritual exercises. On most days, I try to be…

It's no secret that developing any discipline in life takes a lot of time, effort, and hard work whether that's exercising, studying, writing, cleaning, cooking, or spiritual activities such as praying, reading God's Word, and contemplating. Acquiring any new habit is no…

Following Jesus is hard work. Although salvation is free for us who believe (it was hard work for Jesus, however), following Jesus will cost us something. This is what Jesus had to say about the cost of discipleship (following Him): "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me" (Matt. 16:24 ESV). I never have to…

Several months ago, I was speaking at a retreat. During each session of a retreat, I usually like to reserve some space for a time of Q&A where people can ask any questions they have. I typically get questions asking me to speak into a particular situation in life. For example…