Be confident in God’s strength in you
“Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, ‘We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.’” (Numbers 13:30 NIV) God wants you confident in the truth that, through...
Author: Jon Walker
God covers your faults with his perfect love
The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father’s only Son. John 1:14 (TEV) The love of God is...
God requires risky obedience
“Risk your life and get more than you ever dreamed of.” (Luke 19:26 MSG) If God tells you to take a step of faith but you hesitate to take it until he shows you what the second...
Each step of faith we take leads us to deeper faith
“Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.” (1 Thessalonians 5:24 NASB) As we follow Jesus, he will move us deeper into faith by asking us to take risks. But they...
Christ In You Gives You Confidence
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and...
Responding to the Holy Spirit
“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13 NASB) God wants you to trust his guidance, so he sent you a Guide. When you became a believer, God placed the Holy Spirit within...
You Bring Joy to God
“His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure.” (Ephesians 1:5 NLT) Say the following as a prayer. In...
Breakfast with Bonhoeffer: God works through our messy, inconsistent faith
“Breakfast with Bonhoeffer” is different from any other book I’ve written. I structured it like a novel, hoping to show the reader how God works through our often messy and inconsistent faith. It tells the story of...
Jesus Calls Us to Himself
“Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only those who do what my Father in heaven wants them to do.” Matthew 7:21 (TEV) Being a disciple of Jesus doesn’t mean...
God requires risky obedience
“Risk your life and get more than you ever dreamed of.” (Luke 19:26 MSG) If God tells you to take a step of faith but you hesitate to take it until he shows you what the second...