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Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Jun 1, 2026 · 10 min read
The Rain You Cannot Make: Deuteronomy 11 to 13
… 11 to 13 teaches leaders about dependence, control, and trusting God for the rain you cannot make. A leadership devotional. Egypt was a land you watered with your own foot. You dug the channels. You worked the …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Apr 8, 2026 · 20 min read
The Contagion of Distrust: Numbers 11 to 15 on How Distrust Spreads in a Team
… will one day believe about God. What you text to a trusted friend about the organization's future, your team will sense before you ever say it out loud. Numbers 11 through 15 is not five disconnected stories. …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Oct 26, 2026 · 15 min read
Pour It Out Like Water: Lamentations and the Full Relationship God Invites
… of it, in the presence of the Lord. David said the same: "Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge" (Psalm 62:8, NIV). Notice that pouring out is tied to trust. …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Aug 18, 2026 · 27 min read
The Box They Could Carry: 1 Samuel 4 to 8
… this week. David knew where his confidence belonged: "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Psalm 20:7, NIV) Your Obedience Step This week, write down the …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Sep 6, 2026 · 12 min read
The Two Places the List Stops: 1 Chronicles 3 to 5
… during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him" (1 Chronicles 5:20, NIV). The verdict lands two verses later: "because the battle was God's" (1 Chronicles 5:22, NIV). Notice what both …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Aug 2, 2026 · 11 min read
The Field You Didn't Choose: The Book of Ruth and Stewardship in Life's Small Moments
… Scripture requires that "those who have been given a trust must prove faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2, NIV). Not brilliant. Not celebrated. Proven faithful, in the very thing you were tempted to call too small to …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Jul 19, 2026 · 14 min read
Break the Jar: Gideon and the Stewardship of a Faith You Did Not Build
… it is something God entrusts to you, and the terms of the trust require the glory to return to the One who supplied it. That is stewardship of faith. A steward manages what belongs to someone else, for that …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Jun 24, 2026 · 11 min read
The Gap Where Grace Lives: Exodus 4 to 6 on Imposter Syndrome and Grace
… "Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2, NIV). Faithful, not impressive. Moses was not asked to be eloquent. He was asked to go. The eloquence belonged …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Oct 26, 2026 · 16 min read
Rejoice Over Nineveh: Jonah 1 to 4 and the Heart That Wants Its Enemies Saved
… Christ, the churches in Judea did not demand he earn their trust first. "They only heard the report: 'The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.' And they praised …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Oct 20, 2026 · 11 min read
Go Down to the Water: What 2 Kings 5 to 8 Teaches About Humble, Obedient Faith
… carrying alone. Pray over it out loud today, and tell one trusted person what you asked God for. Go Down to the Water The outsider obeyed and was healed. The insider grasped and was ruined. The servant prayed …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Apr 30, 2026 · 12 min read
The Curse You Never Heard: The Balaam Lesson Every Leader Needs in Numbers 23 and 24
… serving faithfully, speak the truth when it is needed, and trust God with your reputation. Over time the people you serve will remember who you were far more than what was said about you. Paul names the …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Oct 26, 2026 · 15 min read
The Shrine Beside the Altar: 2 Kings 17 and Modern Idolatry
… But the daily devotion, the first thoughts and the real trust go somewhere else. The problem is that God is not the god of a territory. He is not one power among many, handled by whoever knows the right …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Sep 15, 2026 · 23 min read
Where the Joy Is: Psalms 73, 77, and 78
… is stated clearly. The next generation should "put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds" (Psalm 78:7, NIV). Then Asaph walks through the pattern Israel repeated again and again. They forgot (78:11, …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · May 15, 2026 · 12 min read
The Inhabitants You Left Standing: Numbers 33 and the Compromises That Undermine Leaders
… the seeking. You may have never said the words "I trust this metric more than God." But the calendar tells the truth. What you protect first is what you worship. Numbers 33 does not ask whether the business is …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Sep 17, 2026 · 15 min read
The Unfinished Prayer God Kept: Psalms 81, 88, 92, and 93
… I bring it all to You today, the good and the hard. I trust You with the relationship You have entrusted to me. In Jesus' name, Amen. The Box on the Mantel Marcus was sixteen the first time he walked up the …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · May 22, 2026 · 20 min read
Remember the Rescue: Deuteronomy 5 to 10 on Leadership, Fear, and Pride
… Bible. God forms faithful stewards in scarcity before He trusts them with abundance. The author of Hebrews calls this fatherly discipline producing the peaceful fruit of righteousness (Hebrews 12:5-11). Paul …
Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Jul 5, 2026 · 13 min read
The Ground You Refuse to Take: Judges 1 and 2 on Obedience Born of Love
… was a generation that inherited the territory but not the trust. This is a study in three movements, drawn from one clear conviction: obedience is a direct byproduct of loving God. Obedience requires a …
