Do Not Run In Vain

by | Jun 25, 2026 | Short Provocative Thoughts

Life forces us to run and it is critical to run fully and toward the right goal. In Greek, the word “run” means to exert one’s self and strive hard. It can denote extreme peril, which requires the exertion of all one’s effort to overcome. This sounds like life—a life...
Refresh In The Springs Of Joy

Refresh In The Springs Of Joy

by | Dec 30, 2025 | Today I Will

Today (as I approach a new year, 2026) I will not grow weary of the life of the past but will refresh myself in all the springs of joyful blessings from the Lord. Galatians 6:9 Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up....
Accept My Identity In Christ

Accept My Identity In Christ

by | Nov 3, 2025 | Today I Will

Today I will accept my new identity in Christ and allow Christ to live in and through me by faith, with the Holy Spirit working in my life to be Christ’s representative. Galatians 2:20My old identity has been co-crucified with Messiah and no longer lives; for the...
Become What God Sees In Me

Become What God Sees In Me

by | Mar 21, 2025 | Today I Will

Today I will pray the Spirit to match (step-by-step, day-by-day) the total change in the way God sees me, through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, with a total change in my faith and life: to “crucify” the old me. Galatians 2:20I am crucified with Christ*:...
Make Room For God

Make Room For God

by | Jan 25, 2025 | Today I Will

Today I will make room for God to break through in unexpected ways, according to His timing. What perfect gift awaits me today? What work, plan, or goal needs to be loosened so that God may break through in ways I couldn’t imagine? Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased...