Get Out of the Jar

Sometimes our emotions keep us trapped inside our own perspective. When ego takes over, correction feels like condemnation and conversations become confrontations. James 1:19–20 reminds us to be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Before reacting, we must step back, check our hearts, and choose wisdom over pride.

Know How to Be Wise

Knowledge alone does not make us wise. Wisdom is revealed when we apply what God has taught us and allow His truth to shape how we live.

Kill Your Ego: A Christian Man’s Guide to Humility and Growth

Your ego is lying to you. If you don’t learn to control it, it will control you. Here’s how humility leads to growth and transformation.

Don’ Follow Your Heart

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 Feelings are powerful. Emotions influence how we think, speak, and act—often more than we realize. Our hearts play a central role in this, but Scripture gives us a sobering warning: the heart is not a reliable guide. What feelsContinue reading “Don’ Follow Your Heart”

Arrogance is Ignorance

Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice. Ecclesiastes 4:13 Growth does not stop. We will never know everything, and because of that, we always have something to learn—from every person and every situation. The arrogance of believing we already know enoughContinue reading “Arrogance is Ignorance”

Prepare for the Storm

What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:9 Severe weather warnings tell us to prepare for a storm. When we know something dangerous is coming, we gather supplies, secure our homes, board up our windows, and, in extremeContinue reading “Prepare for the Storm”