Category: Encourage

  • Daily Renewal Devotional – 7

    Devotional 7 The Garments of the New Self Daily Renewal Is Not Addition — It Is Exchange The Awakening The language most Christians use to describe spiritual growth is the language of addition. We add prayer to our schedule. We add Scripture to our habits. We add service to our week. We accumulate spiritual disciplines…

  • Daily Renewal Devotional – 6

    Devotional 6 The Partnership That Cannot Be Separated Daily Renewal Is Neither All God Nor All You — It Is the Paradox of Both The Awakening The two most common errors in the Christian life pull in exactly opposite directions — and both are ways of escaping the same productive tension. The first error is…

  • Daily Renewal Devotional – 5

    Devotional 5 Being Transformed by Beholding The Object of Your Attention Determines the Direction of Your Change The Awakening There is a principle embedded in the human soul that neuroscience has confirmed but Scripture announced long before: you become what you behold. Extended, attentive contemplation of anything shapes the mind, the desires, and eventually the…