Key Scripture: “She said to them, ‘Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.'” — Ruth 1:20 (ESV) Devotional Reading: In a span of ten years, Naomi lost her husband and both of her sons, leaving her...
Key Scripture: “The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi… They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.” — Ruth 1:2–3 (ESV) Devotional...
Key Scripture: “In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.” — Ruth 1:1 (ESV) Devotional Reading: When reading the Old...
When you no longer have anything to prove, something remarkable happens. You become free. Free to be patient with the person who frustrates you. Free to celebrate someone else’s success without feeling threatened. Free to give generously without needing recognition....
There is something deeply exhausting about trying to prove yourself. The performance never quite feels like enough. The approval fades. The accomplishments pile up, but the hunger for validation does not go away. Paul points us to a different way. The righteousness of...
Here is a question worth sitting with: what happens to your sense of worth when you can no longer perform the way you once did? Maybe your voice is not what it used to be. Maybe your role at church has changed. Maybe the season of influence you once had has quietly...
