enLIVEn Devotionals

Abiding in Jesus - Overflowing His Spirit

I Want My Daddy

The words of a toddler: “I want Daddy! Where is my daddy?” I know it is normal for toddlers to go through stages where they prefer one parent to the other. Sometimes it is hard when you are not the parent they are wanting. My little boy wants to ride in Daddy’s truck, run with Daddy, go fly with Daddy, and, especially, go potty with Daddy. Sometimes it can get exhausting explaining to him that Daddy is not here or that he is out of town for a few days. He wants his daddy NOW, and he will throw a fit. We are like that too. I find myself wanting my Daddy – my Heavenly Father. Many times I ... Read the Post

Amazing Grace

I was driving in my car listening to “Grace Like Rain,” by Todd Agnew, which has some of the lyrics of John Newton’s song “Amazing Grace” in it. And I wondered how Newton would react to the fact that parts of his song were being pulsed through radio waves in the sky, blasting through speakers of a self-moving contraption over 350 years later! Did he know that the hour or so he took to sit down and write the song would influence so many lives? Could he have fathomed that the small effort of obedience he dedicated to God would make such a difference? God says that the good work He has ... Read the Post

Journaling

I’m a journaled...have been for years. I write my thoughts and especially my prayers down constantly.  I write in journals, calendars, notebooks and just plain scratch paper. Because I quickly forget, I write anywhere on anything to help me remember what God has spoken. You can find my writing scattered around the house: my nightstand, my closet, under my bed or boxed up in storage. I don’t ever throw any of it away because I love to read over past writings and be encouraged with what God has shown me through the years. Just recently, I was digging through some of my old journals and ... Read the Post

Just a Few Minutes Alone Please

I just want a few minutes alone! I get up half an hour early to read my Bible and pray and here she is at my side, putting her feet all over me while I try and start my day with God. How am I supposed to have a meaningful conversation with the Creator while my three year old is staring at me with her feet on top of my Bible? I mention my frustration to my dad one early morning while we drink coffee. When I visit back home, I always get up extra early to be alone with my father before he goes to work. “Oh yes, I remember those days,” he says as he puts down his Bible. “Except you started ... Read the Post

The Judging Trap

God convicted me about judging others. A judging spirit is one of the most incognito sins out there. It feels natural to give your opinion about others. Sometimes it even feels like we have the right to speak our mind, but we don’t. The only person that ever lived who has the right to judge is Jesus Christ. God began to reveal my judgmental attitude, and I ardently began to stop myself. However, I still continued to judge those who have hurt me. It made the pain they caused more bearable to see that they had flaws and sins of their own. However, God quickly convicted me on that. He made it ... Read the Post