Do You Have What It Takes To Win?

Do You Have What It Takes To Win?

What does it take to win in tennis? Here is what Maria Sakkari said: Sakkari was asked in her on-court interview after the match about the fire she showed throughout her two-hour, 35-minute victory against the red-hot Kudermetova. “Without fire you cannot win these...
Accept The Gift Of Sanctification

Accept The Gift Of Sanctification

Image of pure water pouring over us as metaphor for sanctification. Today I will accept that most awesome gift from God and most impossible debt from Christ, which is the sanctification* (the perfect essence of Christ) that is mine (that is in me) when I accept...
The Most Important Elevator Pitch In Your Life

The Most Important Elevator Pitch In Your Life

You meet Christ in an elevator. What is your elevator pitch? You died and are escorted to an elevator. The doors open and there is Christ. You walk in. Will He press the up or down button? What is your elevator pitch*? This scenario has many intriguing outcomes,...
Embrace The Call To Discipleship

Embrace The Call To Discipleship

Today I will pray to embrace discipleship, its call to love and justice, and what it demands.“Where will the call to discipleship lead those who follow it? What decisions and painful separations will it entail? We must take this question to him who alone knows the...
Ask God To Break My Haughty Spirit

Ask God To Break My Haughty Spirit

Today I will ask God to break my haughty, prideful spirit that I may allow Him to make me into what He teaches me to be. What I want is what the world entices me to want, and it is not poverty of spirit, meekness, or to mourn. What I want leads to despair,...