FROM THE KEYBOARD

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: "For you were bought with a price...." (I Corinthians 6:20). Oh how you are worth a price so high that heaven's King was willing to come low to purchase you from the auction block of death. So next time the enemy tries to make you feel worthless, remind him that the cross of Christ has made you flawless.

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own" (John 10:14). The fact that Jesus knows us is enough. This truth should change everything--knowing the Savior looks at us with favor. But grace takes it a depth further with Jesus allowing us to know Him. "We can know the Creator!" Now that is the great exclaimer!

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: "For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (I Corinthians 2:2). To know Christ and the cross is to know ALL you'll ever need to know.

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: God is not looking for perfection, just progression. He is not moved by our intelligence, but by our obedience.

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: "He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30). What type of activities in your life need to decrease so that intimacy with Christ can increase? What "focuses" need to shrink so that Gods presence can expand? Consider how an intentional decrease can lead to an exponential increase!

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: I MAY B hot. I MAY B cold. And I MAYevenB warm. But one thing I will not be, is one who conforms. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2). A thermostat does not conform to its environment, it transforms its environment. It dictates the temperature, bringing the degrees of separation into agreement with its regulation. It instrumentally influences cold air....