Fulfilling Life Daily Devotional

<p>These are among the oldest words in the Bible. Older than most of the psalms. Older than the prophets. Three thousand years of use in worship, and still they land with the same weight.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">monoingles.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>The verse before this says we are saved by grace through faith, not by works. Then this verse adds the rest of the picture. Salvation is not by works. But it is for works. And the works were prepared before you arrived.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">monoingles.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>Jesus says this on the night before he dies. He is hours from the garden, from the arrest, from the cross. And what he gives his disciples in that moment is not comfort about circumstances. It is peace. His peace.</p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">monoingles.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>Lamentations is not a book you expect to find hope in. It is written from the rubble of everything that was. Which is exactly what makes what the writer says in verse 23 so extraordinary.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">monoingles.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>Most of what a life is made of is ordinary. The question that sits underneath all of it is whether any of it actually matters. Colossians 3:23 gives a direct and transforming answer.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">monoingles.substack.com/subscribe</a>