• Devotions

    Change That Lasts: Part One

     And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.  Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the kind he will find acceptable.  This is truly the way to worship him.  Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.  Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.  Romans 12:1-2 Have you ever met someone who was not a nice person?  You truly did struggle with how this person treated…

  • Devotions

    God’s Plans And Not Ours

      I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt.  Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.  But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.  So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.  Psalm 81: 10-12 Do you have a hard time submitting to God’s plans?  Would you rather do your plans than God’s? We all struggle with totally submitting to God’s plans.  We don’t always realize that God’s ways are the best.  We cause problems within the church when we move away from God’s plans and implement our own.  We need to…