"Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." - Luke 8:39 When you think about being used by God, it’s easy to imagine something big or far away. You might picture standing on a stage, leading a mission trip, or doing something that feels important. But before Jesus ever sent His disciples to the nations, He sent one man home. After freeing a man who had been tormented by demon...

"Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." - Luke 8:39 Not everyone feels ready to share their faith. Maybe you think you need to know more Scripture. Maybe you believe you have to be perfect first or have all the answers. But if Jesus has changed your life, you already have something to say. In Luke 8, Jesus delivers a man who had been consumed by demons. It’s one of the mo...

"Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end." - John 13:1 There can be a subtle danger in how we approach faith. Many people treat their relationship with God like it belongs in a separate compartment, tucked neatly beside work, family, hobbies, and ever...

"Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." - Luke 8:39 It’s one of the most overlooked stories in the Gospels. Jesus gets into a boat, travels through a brutal storm, steps foot on foreign soil, casts out a legion of demons from a man living among tombs, then gets back in the boat and leaves. All of that for one man. Not a crowd. Not a city-wide revival. Just one life that e...

"If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet." – John 13:14 Mission doesn’t start with a stage. It starts on the floor, with a towel in hand and a heart laid low. Before you can be sent to the world, you have to first be still at the feet of Jesus. In John 13, Jesus does something that catches everyone off guard. He gets up from the meal, grab...