Your Daily Psalm September 15: 'His Story'
God’s creation tells His story of power, wisdom, and faithfulness, giving us confidence that the One who established heaven and earth is also at work on our behalf.
Monday Memo 1271: Pressing Through
This week we begin The Power of Purple, Volume 2, a new series exploring more women of purpose in Scripture, starting with the Syrophoenician woman and her courageous faith that pressed through cultural barriers, resistance, and apparent rejection to receive what she needed from Jesus.
Monday Memo 1270: Finish Your Race
Your race is the purpose God has given you to fulfill, whether it reaches one person or one million. Faithfulness means accepting its true scope, doing the work, and leaving the results to God.
Monday Memo 1269: Make What You Have Available
God can use anything you make available to Him. Paul used ordinary objects, writing, and the technology of his day to extend his purpose far beyond his physical presence.
Monday Memo 1268: The Altar of Privacy
Purpose requires accessibility because what God has placed in you is ultimately meant to benefit others. Healthy boundaries matter, but privacy should never become a barrier to serving people.
Monday Memo 1267: Purpose Knows Your Address
God knows where you are and can bring purpose opportunities to you. Your responsibility is to prepare, stay alert, and act when those opportunities arrive.
Monday Memo 1266: The Storms Are Ragin' and the Snakes Are Bitin'
Trouble along the way doesn't mean you're headed in the wrong direction.
Monday Memo 1265: "I Was Not Disobedient"
Paul finished well because he remained obedient to the vision God gave him. Purpose begins with God's revelation and is fulfilled through a lifetime of faithful obedience.
Monday Memo 1264: A Thorn with Purpose
Paul's thorn reminds us that God doesn't wait until we're free from weakness to use us. His grace is greater than our limitations, enabling us to fulfill our purpose even when life isn't ideal.
Monday Memo 1263: One Purpose, Many Expressions
Paul’s purpose never changed, but his methods did. Fulfilling your purpose requires creativity and flexibility to reach new people without compromising your values.
Monday Memo 1262: Paul the Tentmaker
Paul made tents to support himself, but he never viewed tentmaking as his identity or purpose. His true assignment was taking the gospel to the Gentiles, reminding us not to confuse how we make a living with why we are living.
Monday Memo 1261: There Is No Ceiling
Paul's imprisonment proves that purpose is never limited by circumstances. When you faithfully serve God with what you can do instead of dwelling on what you cannot, your purpose continues to advance.
Monday Memo 1260: If You Want More, Do More
God often reveals more of Himself to those who faithfully act on what they already know they are to do.
Monday Memo 1259: The Power of One
Great purpose often begins with faithfully stewarding one opportunity.
Monday Memo 1258: An Engraved Invitation
Paul’s Macedonian vision teaches that God’s guidance often comes through a combination of prayer, circumstances, wisdom, and discernment. Rather than waiting for absolute certainty, Paul and his companions reached a conclusion based on the evidence God provided and then acted in faith.
Monday Memo 1257: Go Where You're Celebrated
Paul learned that purpose requires discernment about where to invest his life and ministry. When opposition hardened and receptivity disappeared, he shook the dust off his feet and moved on, trusting God to lead him toward places of peace, openness, and progress.
Monday Memo 1256: A One-Letter Change
The shift from Saul to Paul was more than a name preference—it symbolized Paul embracing the broader identity and assignment for which God had prepared him all along. His story reminds us that God often uses the very background, personality, and experiences we once underestimated.
Monday Memo 1255: When Purpose Reveals Who You Are
God refines your personality for purpose without erasing who He made you.
Monday Memo 1254: Opposition Plays a Purpose
Purpose often attracts resistance both around us and within us.
Monday Memo 1253: "Put Me In, Coach"
Preparation eventually requires action, obedience, and movement toward purpose.
Monday Memo 1252: Consistency in Purpose
Purpose grows when it is structured, practiced, and lived consistently.
Monday Memo 1251: When the Right Person Opens the Right Door
God often uses relationships to move your purpose forward and out of obscurity.
Monday Memo 1250: Paul's Hidden Years
After Paul’s dramatic encounter with Christ, his public ministry did not begin immediately. Instead, he entered a hidden season of growth, waiting, and preparation that shaped him for future impact. Paul’s story reminds us that quiet seasons are often where God does some of His most important work.
Monday Memo 1249: Paul and the Damascus Road
God redirected Paul’s passion on the Damascus road and clarified his purpose.