“…I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.” (King David to Araunah, 2 Samuel 24:24 AMP) What are you offering to the Lord? We can't live this life without calling on the Savior for help, so we shouldn't live it without calling out to Him each day simply to tell Him we love Him and to thank Him for all He has already done. As Nicky Gumbel wrote, “When we realize the extent of God's hostility to sin that led to the cross, the only real response we can make is...

Dirty clothes never get clean sitting beside the washing machine, and neither does a heart that refuses to remain in God's presence. One of the beautiful works of the Holy Spirit is that He doesn't simply forgive us; He transforms us. As we remain in God's wash cycle, something remarkable begins to happen. The sins that once mastered us begin to lose their grip. The temptations that once controlled us become easier to resist, and we become defined by God’s word. Growth becomes evident, not...

There is one cycle every believer should long to remain in: Wash. Rinse. Repeat. While the world is trapped in destructive cycles that lead to death and bondage, Christ calls His followers into a holy cycle that leads us to freedom. Cycles of compromise, fear, bitterness, pride, complacency, distraction, and hidden sin don't just need to be managed; they need to be broken because they are breaking us. The only cycle worth repeating is this: wash, rinse, repeat. We are living in a time when...