by Kevin Murray | Oct 14, 2025 | Daily Journey, Encouragement
Productivity has no more spiritual value than rest—and, as a matter of fact, probably less. God rested, and He wasn’t even tired. That truth stops me. If the Almighty chose to rest, not from weakness but from fullness, then rest must be holy. Genesis tells us, “By the...
by Kevin Murray | Sep 23, 2025 | Daily Journey, Encouragement, Prayer
For as many men and women as there are in the Body of Christ, there are that many ways to approach praying to God and communing with Him. Ask a hundred people of strong faith how they start their day with God, and you will hear a rich variety of answers. One may read...
by Kevin Murray | Apr 29, 2025 | Daily Journey, Encouragement, Life Lessons
I took a recent emergency trip to the hospital—Oh joy! Now, thankfully, I’m home recovering, eating real food, and doing fine. As I lay there alone in the quiet of the room, I reflected—or was I ruminating?—as one does in a hospital room, on the fleeting nature...
by Kevin Murray | Mar 11, 2025 | Challenges, Daily Journey, Encouragement
“And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:2). Run? What, with these knees? When I was a child I couldn’t wait to be all “growed-up,” for some reason I...
by Kevin Murray | Dec 17, 2024 | Encouragement, Relationships
“And Jesus said to them, ‘Yes; have you never read, “‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’”?” -Matthew 21:16 In light of the festive Christmas season upon us, and particularly in light of the reason for the...
by Kevin Murray | Nov 12, 2024 | Encouragement, Life Lessons
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Cor 16:13). The “act like men” part really took me back when I read that verse recently. As a child, I was in awe of the heroic men of the...
