by Nate Stevens | Apr 25, 2021 | Christian Living, Encouragement
In that day the LORD of hosts will be…strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate [Isaiah 28:5-6]. If your life was a city, how aggressively would you guard or defend your gate? Much has been said in recent years about the safety of our nation and how we...
by Nate Stevens | Apr 17, 2021 | Christian Living, Eternity, Relationships
From that time many of His disciples (followers) went back and walked with Him no more [John 6:66]. Yet another “high profile Christian” has renounced his faith. Aside from glorifying such outings or judging the increasing apostasy, such situations raise an...
by Nate Stevens | Feb 27, 2021 | Christian Living, Encouragement
And they forsook all and followed Him [Luke 5:11]. There is a cost to discipleship that few people acknowledge or understand. Those who follow Jesus tend to focus on the associated rewards. Those include earthly blessings, personal integrity, closer walk with God,...
by Nate Stevens | Feb 19, 2021 | Christian Living, Encouragement
The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple [Psalm 119:130]. All I managed to do was strip the bolts. I was trying to change the deflated tires on my hand truck. Inflating them was pointless as they were old and well past their...
by Nate Stevens | Jan 24, 2021 | Adversity, Christian Living, Encouragement
If ever there was a time when we needed a safe shelter, it is now. What a messy world! Sickness and death. Mandated masks. Closure of businesses. Loss of freedoms. Restricted interaction. Isolation. Rampant misinformation. Slanted media. Unreliable sources. Mob...
by Nate Stevens | Dec 17, 2020 | Christian Living
Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. [Psalm 19:12-13] While vacuuming one day, I noticed the vacuum container was full. Being a dutiful husband, I took on...
