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278 devotionals in Suffering & Trials
February 10, 2026
It’s “treatment Tuesday” again, and I think about the ride over to the Oncology center among the droves of people rushing to get to their job…only I’m not going to work. I’m going to sit with many people who are going through a rough season, so may worse than mine. It’s taught me to learn some pa...
gods-planFebruary 5, 2026
Just sit tight for a minute, this probably isn’t going where you think it’s going. “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”Jeremiah 29:11 ESVHow many times you heard this when your going through “your season”? P...
perseveranceJanuary 29, 2026
It’s been a wonderful start to the New Year and I’ve added many new members to our morning devotional. I love watching it grow. I have had a lot of conversations as well about this thing we’ve built and it’s crazy to think it’s been eight years this year. So lately, I’ve been reading through almo...
perseveranceJanuary 12, 2026
Have you been praying for something for a long time and it hasn’t happened yet? I think at times we all have. Look, we all know that life isn't always easy, I dig it. And more so for a Christian who wants to live a life contrary to the world's philosophies. Sometimes it is tempting to throw in th...
faithDecember 31, 2025
So we’ve been talking about gratitude off and on all year and while it’s always a great topic and one we need to continue to be intentional about, I want to shift gears a little bit to close out the year. Why? Well, because I want to talk about something else, like faith! I’ve been having to lean...
contentmentDecember 18, 2025
One of the many things I love about writing this everyday is how sometimes it will literally write itself. What I mean is, sometimes after talking with one of you or rolling along in life itself, my topic is created. I am grateful and always amazed at how God directs us daily. “I know how to be b...
peaceDecember 9, 2025
Can we have peace in our hearts when our world is turned upside down?Pretty good question that requires an honest look inward. You see the kind of peace the world give us is pretty sketchy at best. It can change on a whim with no notice at all. Happen to me just last week, may have happened to yo...
sufferingDecember 5, 2025
It’s been a “challenging” week, but one last thing on Job and suffering and let’s ring in the weekend. Job was a tremendously righteous man and suffered greatly. So do we assume that the more righteous we are the more suffering we are to expect? Not necessarily. The large part of Job’s life featu...
sufferingDecember 4, 2025
You ever notice that when we finally get out of whatever it is we are suffering from it never seems to be the way we thought we would get out of it? Like during our suffering we could never understand or see the way out that God has for us. It’s because it’s His plan for us not our plan for us. H...
trialsNovember 25, 2025
I want to stay with Paul in Philippians because I think it’s important to understand how he was using his imprisonments as an advantage to further the message of Christ. “so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righte...
gods-planNovember 4, 2025
“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”Jeremiah 29:7 God didn’t put you where you are by mistake. He doesn’t make mistakes. When we believe in our hearts God is good and that His though...
peaceOctober 23, 2025
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."”John 16:33 It’s the middle of the fourth quarter in my world and I found myself slipping in and out what I call my “peace” or “serenity” yesterday....
gods-peaceOctober 17, 2025
So, what causes us to think God’s peace equals perfection on earth? Our expectations. I read where a pastor once said, “If I’m going to live at peace, I’ve got to surrender my expectation of perfection. Peace isn’t found in a place or in a set of circumstances that are problem free.” Amen, huh?Wh...
friendshipOctober 14, 2025
I hope your week is off to a great start. I was driving and listening to my music and an old favorite of mine came on. It reminded me of a devotional I wrote a long time ago and I went to digging for it…I found it and thought it was worth the reboot. Hope you enjoy. From June of 2019;I bet you wo...
peaceOctober 7, 2025
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."”John 16:33 Do you ever feel like life is one problem after another?You make it through one issue, but before you can recover another one shoots up....
hardshipSeptember 25, 2025
Let keep digging into 2 Corinthians;“For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us...
weaknessSeptember 24, 2025
I want to shift gears this week by discussing probably my most favorite verse in the Bible;“So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three...
humilitySeptember 23, 2025
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”Philippians 2:3 ESVSo, we all have to deal with pride, lust and entitlement to some degree. Some more in one area than others. But to be able to deal with the weak areas of our life we nee...
perseveranceSeptember 19, 2025
I’ve been writing about persevering the last couple of days and reading about the struggle on Earth and the eternal reward in Heaven. For most of my life I raced motocross, most of you know that. But I’ve never received a medal with out running the race. No successful business person or entrepren...
character-buildingSeptember 18, 2025
Grinding it out and persevering builds character. Plain and simple. Something about endurance has the incredible capacity to refine you. I guess it’s kind of like a fire for silver, removing impurities and strengthening the character. Often because endurance goes hand-in-hand with trials and tria...
contentmentSeptember 17, 2025
I’m totally entrenched in our topic we started last week and I want to wrap it up with a simple question? How quickly can you or do you bounce back from hardship and loss? Maybe it paralyses you into a depressed state? The key is learning to press on in life regardless of your adverse circumstanc...
gods-goodnessAugust 28, 2025
We will all face those times in our lives when we question whether or not God is on our side. In September of 2016, I was seriously injured doing what I love, racing motocross. I broke my jaw requiring plates and screws and my back at the T5,6&7. While the weather was great that fall, I was laid...
weaknessAugust 27, 2025
You know, people will do almost anything to appear strong, successful, and worthy of admiration. We exercise our bodies with intensity post the process to Instagram, climb the corporate ladder at the expense of integrity, and struggle to accept the help of other people. Our society works by the p...
faithAugust 13, 2025
So, you ever have a lot of things going on and you’re really having to lean on the Lord to give you patience and strength and deliver you from this storm that won’t seem to subside? I have, and it gets me asking myself how strong is my faith and is it strong enough to survive it? Am I ready to “w...