Losing Your Life to Find It

Devotional It sounds like a contradiction. Lose your life to save it. Give up what you want to find what you need. But Jesus said it plainly, and He meant it. Many people spend their lives trying to hold onto Jesus while also holding onto self. They want the peace of...

The Obstacle You Carry Everywhere

Devotional Jesus was direct about what following Him requires. Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Me. There is no version of discipleship that skips the first step. Self is the great obstacle. Not your circumstances. Not other people. Self. The ego that...

The Gap Between What We Say and What We Show

Devotional Peter got the answer right. Standing before Jesus, He declared boldly: You are the Christ. It was the correct answer, and it came straight from his heart in that moment. But just a short time later, Peter pulled Jesus aside and rebuked Him for talking about...

The Question That Changes Everything

Devotional There is one question that cuts through all the noise of life, and Jesus asked it Himself: Who do you say that I am? He did not ask it in a quiet, controlled setting. He asked it along the road, while life was happening. That detail matters more than we...

The Bread Was Broken for You

Devotional There are no crumbs from a whole loaf. The crumbs only come after the bread is broken. Two thousand years ago, the Bread of Life was carried up a hill called Calvary. He was broken. And since that day, every person who has come to His table has found that...

Just a Crumb

Devotional She did not ask for the whole loaf. She asked for a crumb. And she understood something profound: whatever is in the loaf is also in the crumbs. If there is healing in the bread, there is healing in the crumbs. If there is power in the loaf, there is power...