Crosswalk: The Devotional

I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions (Col. 1:24). The pain still stings and the transformation still cuts, yet I began to see the pain as an important part of the overall process.

When confronted with a hard situation today, see how you can leave a legacy of Christ's love.

I often wonder what friendships would be like if we could simply be who we are inside.

To sing not of self, to seek not to fill the senses, to seek the will only to be quiet before God - that is trust.

The concept of building a fire is similar to building a relationship with God.

Sometimes grammar rules need to be broken, just as Paul does here.

The whole, wonderful point of grace is that it cannot be earned. How else could it be called grace?

I love history because God’s there in the midst of our failures. He never lets go; He never disappears.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy (James 3:17). The next time you’re faced with a decision, take a moment to match up your actions with wisdom from above.

Let's try to regain the shock value in the way Jesus opened His Sermon on the Mount.

Every once in a while, you meet a Christian who just flat out makes you feel good about life in general.

Before Christ, nothing works the way it should. Like the migraines that plagued me, our brains revolt against their Creator, and pain inevitably comes.