From the Be Nice Grace Wins Archive
Every weekday morning since 2018. One message at a time.
1752 devotionals
Swipe to see more topics
1752 devotionals
February 15, 2019
Forgiveness is awesome"I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the LORD'--and you forgave the guilt of my sin" Psalm 32:5You see, time doesn’t heal all wounds and it certainly won’t cancel all debts. I think we all know by now th...
guiltFebruary 14, 2019
You know, we try all sorts of behaviors to stop feeling guilt. We stay obsessively busy. We distract ourselves with constant amusements. We try to work it off with good deeds. We rationalize away responsibility. We blame other people. We can sedate ourselves with drugs or alcohol or food. But gue...
gods-knowledgeFebruary 13, 2019
God knows you, he made you. So who are trying to kid? Why are we trying to hide from God? He can read our mind... “You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.”Psalms 139:2 He knows how great our imperfections and failings are, and it was for just such a person...
controlFebruary 12, 2019
You know, it’s tough when things don’t go the way we think they will. All of us struggle every day to try to get control of our environments. We try to build financial wealth so that we won't suffer need. We try to take care of our health so we don't feel pain or suffer illness. We try to manage...
forgivenessFebruary 11, 2019
I kind of want to stay on forgiveness a little longer. It seems the world is just out for revenge or quick to blame one party or the next....blah, blah, blah, you get the point. I mean sometimes we might hesitate to forgive someone because we don’t feel very forgiving toward them. We might still...
forgivenessFebruary 8, 2019
So, one of you awesome people posted to social media today and said, “Forgiven people should be forgiving people”! Yes!You see, God gave us forgiveness and redemption through His son Jesus, why would we not deliver the same thing to those who hurt us? What makes His forgiveness unconditional and...
gods-loveFebruary 7, 2019
I don’t know about you, but I get the “I don’t deserve this...” feeling a lot when I think about what God has done for me and my life. His salvation alone can be bewildering at times. It’s the opinion we have about ourselves and our past or present. You see, we have one set of convictions about o...
repentanceFebruary 6, 2019
You know, thinking about our past and learning to let God show us a new way of life has me thinking about repentance. We all have stuff in our lives that we are still holding on to. For some, it’s a secret activity or habit that nobody else knows about. But it’s time to let it go...What is it for...
graceFebruary 5, 2019
One of the things I think about a lot is the grace that God has shown me. Like in the song, “I was blind but now I see..”. But no matter how grateful I am, I still have the moments when I think back on my life to times that make me cringe. I look back and realize no matter how hard I tried, I mad...
spiritual-longingFebruary 4, 2019
You ever get that feeling like there is something more? That you are chasing something in life that won’t fully satisfy you? I have. Pay close attention to that feeling though, it’s from God. We see people everyday who seem to be “put together”. People that have a lot of seat time in church and m...
fellowshipFebruary 1, 2019
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."”Matthew 18:20 So, two days I was talking to a broker/client I work with and next thing I knew we had spent an hour and a half talking not so much about work anymore but about our lives with Christ. I love it when this happen...
forgivenessJanuary 31, 2019
I’m keeping with yesterday’s theme, how many times have you “let it fly” with your tongue and emotions raging because of what we felt were unjustified wrongs done against us, and before we could bring those emotions to Christ, we let them fly. If this sounds familiar, believe me, we all have had...
speechJanuary 30, 2019
“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;”James 1:19 I’ve been thinking about this verse for a few days now and I think it’s time to discuss it. You see, I fail miserably with all of the above. I know HOW I should behave, I just struggle to...
salvationJanuary 29, 2019
Hey, What’s up?Is it presumptuous to fully know you are saved? Absolutely not! It is written throughout the Scripture that God wants you to have the assurance of knowing you are saved so that not only can you be secured in your salvation but assured. But I mean, come on, how do we know, right? Mo...
gods-planJanuary 28, 2019
“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 Friends, read it again,Over and over...it never gets old. For that reason, I won’t stop writing about it. You see, God has a plan for us, it’s for good and...
witnessJanuary 25, 2019
So this has been weighing heavy on my heart today so I want to discuss it. Should we care what people think of us? Should we care what we post on social media? I mean, we hear all the time, “God’s judgement is the only one that matters”, right? While I agree with the later, I disagree. We should...
salvation-securityJanuary 24, 2019
You ever wonder if you’re saved by God through Jesus Christ, can you lose it? Can God change His mind? Let’s be honest, as good as we try to be, we all fail and will fail some more. But God doesn’t break promises he makes and your salvation is one of his promises. Jesus talks about being born aga...
justificationJanuary 23, 2019
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that s...
attitudeJanuary 22, 2019
Continuing with attitude, we need to look at what influences our attitudes. Most often than not, it’s the people around us that tend to shape our attitudes. To change our attitude, we may need to change who we are letting influence us. The words of the people closest to us permeate our heart, whi...
attitudeJanuary 21, 2019
Attitude determines so much of our lives. It governs the way we perceive the world and the way the world perceives us. It drives behavior and sets the tone for conversations. Attitude literally affects every area of our lives, yet most of us don’t have a good handle on it...but we can. I’m trying...
overcoming-fearJanuary 18, 2019
So I’ve have a wonderful 50th birthday and I’ve spent quite a bit of time reflecting on my past, both good and bad. And one of the things I keep coming back to is what and why I feared some of the things I’ve been through and survived and what or why would I fear what’s ahead of me. But fear is o...
prideJanuary 17, 2019
The Bible tells us that the devil lost everything he had because arrogance took roots in his heart.How many times have we watched this play out in the lives of famous athletes, celebrities and even people we’ve know in our open lives?We need to be careful with our thoughts. Some of them are proud...
positive-thinkingJanuary 16, 2019
Set your mind on the good things and your heart will follow. “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”P...
givingJanuary 15, 2019
Let’s continue down this journey of what lies in our heart that is behind our actions. Yesterday we talked about having to lofty opinion our ourselves and how that aligns with God’s views of our actions. Today, I’d like to take this a little further and talk about how we give and why. We live in...