10 Actions of a Godly Man:

1. Follow Jesus.
2. Lead his family.
3. Love & serve his wife.
4. Shepherd his kids.
5. Take care of himself.
6. Work hard.
7. Provide and protect.
8. Serve the church.
9. Share the gospel.
10. Make disciples.

You can't be "mean-spirited", and "Spirit-led" at the same time.

“Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.” Proverbs 13:11

Not just wealth.

Most of life’s durable achievements come through unremitting repetition of a thousand ordinary acts.

I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
— John 12:46

September 20: Measuring Out God’s Goodness

#Devotional

Habakkuk 2:6–3:19; Acts 18:1–28; Job 26:1–14

Although we don’t usually question God’s goodness, we do make assumptions about how He should act in the world. We expect God to use us in His work and to intercede on our behalf—and rightfully so, since those promises come from Him. But when we find ourselves in messy or uncertain situations, we sometimes run ahead of God. Frustrated with the waiting and the unknown, we risk making judgments about how well He is running the world.

As Habakkuk watches the destruction, violence, contention, and strife in Israel, he turns to Yahweh and makes bold demands: “Why do you cause me to see evil while you look at trouble?” (Hab 1:3). But by the end of the dialogue, he has changed his mind. He will rejoice in Yahweh “though the fig tree does not blossom, nor there be fruit on the vines; the yield of the olive fails, and the cultivated fields do not yield food, the flock is cut off from the animal pen, and there is no cattle in the stalls” (Hab 3:17–18).

Did Habakkuk merely give in to a hopeless situation? He didn’t gain any more information about God’s motives. But after his dialogue with God, his entire posture changed. The confidence in Habakkuk’s final prayer hinges on his acknowledgment of Yahweh’s power and His anger at the evil of those who disregard His ways. God has the situation under control; Habakkuk must simply wait.

We often associate waiting with inaction, but waiting is faith in action. Habakkuk chooses to rejoice and trust God in spite of his circumstances, and that decision shapes his new perspective: “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places” (Hab 3:18–19). Like Habakkuk, we are called to come before God in humility, waiting in faith on His timing and trusting in His goodness.

How are faith and trust in God motivating all your thoughts and actions?

September 20 - Sign of the Resurrection

#LifeOfChrist

“The Jews then said to Him, ‘What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews then said, ‘It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?’ But He was speaking of the temple of His body. So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken” (John 2:18–22).

The Jewish authorities completely missed the point of Jesus’ statement, incorrectly applying it to the Herodian temple. But as John points out, Jesus “was speaking of the temple of His body.”

The sign He would give was His own resurrection, which even His disciples did not immediately understand (cf. 12:16). It was not until “He was raised from the dead [that] His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.” His death as the ultimate sacrificial Lamb would render the Jerusalem temple obsolete (cf. 4:21); and His resurrection as the triumphant Lord would lay the foundation for a new, spiritual temple in its place—namely the church (1 Cor. 3:16–17; 2 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:19–22).

It was not until after the resurrection that everything came into focus for the disciples. Only then did they recognize Jesus’ power of resurrection as convincing proof of His deity.

Ask Yourself

Have you been confused recently by a section of Scripture that puzzles you with its mystery, or seems to scrape against other things you’ve been taught in the past? If your heart is set on learning and obeying, rather than arguing or resisting, be sure that the Holy Spirit will reveal truth as you seek Him for it.

DAY 20: What had being a minister of Christ cost the apostle Paul?

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“No man will say, ‘There is no God’ till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.”—Matthew Henry

God's goodness exceeds what we'll ever be able to comprehend.

“Jesus lived out the same spiritual calculus he had taught, not only about self-denial and self-sacrifice, but specifically about the cross.”

David Mathis shows us how true joy overshadows real sacrifice.

10 Actions of a Godly Man:

1. Follow Jesus.
2. Lead his family.
3. Love & serve his wife.
4. Shepherd his kids.
5. Take care of himself.
6. Work hard.
7. Provide and protect.
8. Serve the church.
9. Share the gospel.
10. Make disciples.

September 20 (Sunday)

Dear Daughter,
The firstfruits were offered before the rest of the harvest was even gathered — worship came before the full return was certain.
Bring God the first, best part of your gratitude today, not the leftover thanks after everything else is settled.
Faith gives first; sight waits for proof.

'Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your produce' (Prov 3:9).
What firstfruit of gratitude can you offer God today, before the season is even finished?
#DearDaughter #SundayFirstfruits #StrongMarriage

“You don’t give a man a cure to a disease he doesn’t believe he has. We must first address the disease so that he will appreciate and appropriate the cure. The moral Law diagnoses the disease of sin, and the gospel is the cure.” —Ray Comfort

Sep 20 (Sun)

Sunday rest: Let your home be still before Him today! 🏡🙌 Peace over noise, presence over performance! Ps 46:10 ❤️

How will you rest together? #StrongMarriage #September

Let me see who’s bold enough to say I love God this beautiful Sunday!

God is real.

Jesus is real.

The Holy Spirit is real.

The Bible is real.

The gospel is real.

The resurrection is real.

Salvation is real.

Heaven is real.

Hell is real.

Repent and trust in Jesus Christ.

Christ is King!

He’s done it before; He’ll do it again.