Month: May 2026

Revelation 21:4 

“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

When sorrow feels like it has moved in to stay, this promise points us to the day God evicts it forever.

John does not soften the list: death, mourning, crying, pain. These are the deep wounds, not the shallow ones. Notice that God does not manage them, reduce them, or balance them with joy. He removes them. The former things pass away because heaven simply has no room for old sorrows.

That is strength for today. We still cry down here. We still grieve. But the God who will one day wipe every tear is already close enough to see each one fall.

I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Lord, let today’s sorrow deepen my faith rather than shake it. I know that You see every tear I have and will soonwipe them all away forever.

Jude 1:3

“Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.”

In this letter, Jude longed to celebrate the shared salvation with the readers, but a threat at the door demanded a different letter. Love does that. Love sees danger and speaks even when it’s not comfortable. 

The faith was handed to us like a sealed treasure, not a draft to be changed. We are stewards, not editors, of God’s eternal message. 

To contend earnestly is not the work of harsh or proud people. It is the work of those who know that truth is worth defending. Each generation receives the gospel, guards it, and delivers it to the next generation.

I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Lord, help me treasure Your truth, defend it humbly, and pass it on faithfully to others.

3 John 1:2
“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.”

This verse quietly asks a searching question: how healthy is my soul? John could rejoice because his the reader was prospering where it mattered most, on the inside. 

His outer blessings were wonderful, but his spiritual life was the standard by which everything else was measured. That turns our usual thinking upside down. We often ask if business is good, health is strong, or plans are working. God asks whether the soul is alive, faithful, and near Him. A full bank account cannot heal an empty heart. The richest life is a soul walking steadily with God, day after day.

I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Lord, make my soul healthy, faithful, and close to You, so every outward blessing rests on inward strength today.

2 John verse 6

“And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.”

What if love is not what you feel? We talk about love as if it lives in the heart alone. But John tells us that love has feet. It walks. It is an action word! It takes one step after another, in the direction God has marked out. That is why obedience is not the cold cousin of love. Obedience is the very shape that love takes when it puts on shoes. 

You cannot truly love God and ignore His voice. You cannot truly love people and live for yourself. The world is not waiting for our speeches about love. It is watching our walk, our actions. Love proven is love practiced, one faithful step at a time.

I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Father, teach me to walk in love today, one obedient step at a time.

1 John 4:18.

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been perfected in love.”

It is terrible to admit, but I once thought dogs were the lucky ones. When they died, they simply died. No judgment, no fire, no terrifying God waiting at the end. 

That’s how a child may think when love gets tangled up with fear. But somewhere along the way, grace did its quiet work in me. I came to know the Father is not a threat. Fear shrinks us. It twists God into something He is not. But perfect love walks right up and casts that fear out the door. The more we understand how deeply He loves us, the smaller our trembling becomes. God’s love leaves no room for scared.

I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Father, replace my fear with the certainty of Your love, and teach my heart to trust fully in You.

Colossians 3:23

“Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men.”

There’s a quiet satisfaction in knowing that God sees what no one else notices. The encouraging letter. The dishes washed at midnight. The kindness offered when no thank-you comes. We spend so much of life chasing applause that never quite satisfies, performing for an audience that forgets by morning. 

But Scripture invites us into a different way. When we work for the Lord, the smallest task becomes sacred ground. Folding laundry becomes worthy. Answering a phone call becomes ministry. Motive transforms ordinary moments into holy ones. 

You’re not laboring for a paycheck or a pat on the back. You’re living before the steady, loving gaze of Christ. And He sees you.

I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Father, let my hands work for You today. Free me from chasing approval. Let my ordinary moments be for you.

Philippians 3:13-14

“But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.”

There is a moment in every race when the runner stops looking back. Paul understood this. The past, whether filled with failures that shame us or victories that flatter us, can become a weight around our ankles. So Paul made a deliberate choice: forget it! Not denial. Not carelessness. A holy release. He fixed his eyes forward, leaning into what God had set before him. 

That word straining matters. This is not passive faith, waiting for life to happen. This is determined, forward-leaning, chest-out faith. God is not calling you backward. He is calling you onward, into purpose, into grace, into the fullness of what Christ has already won for you. 

Press on. The prize is real.

I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Lord, help me forget what is behind and press forward with holy purpose into all You have prepared for me.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Think about where faith actually lives. It does not live just in the church building on Sunday morning, but in the kitchen after a hard conversation. In the hallway when someone who hurts walks past you. It lives in the quiet moment when you carefully choose your next word. That is where this verse takes root.

Paul does not ask us to be polite. He asks us to be tenderhearted, soft in the places where life tends to harden us. And the measure he gives is breathtaking: forgive just as God forgave you. Not a little, not halfway, but completely and freely. Forgive without keeping score.

You were forgiven an impossible debt. That should change how you hold the smaller ones others owe you. Forgiveness received is never meant to stop with us. It was always meant to move through us into every ordinary, beautiful, difficult moment of life.

Forgiven people become forgiving people. That is not a suggestion. That is the Christian calling.

I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Father, let the mercy You showed me flow freely from me to others.

Galatians 6:9 “Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest, if we do not give up.”

Tired is not the same as finished. There is a holy kind of exhaustion that comes from doing the right thing when no one notices, when nothing changes, when the work feels invisible. God sees it all. He does not ask us to feel strong, but to keep moving. A farmer does not dig up the seed to check its progress. He trusts the soil, the season, and the source. 

You have planted in good faith. The harvest is not late; it is merely growing on a schedule you cannot yet see. Stay faithful in the quiet. Stay tender in the long stretches. Your labor is never lost with God. The due time is coming, and it will be worth every weary step.

I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Lord, strengthen me to keep doing good without giving up, trusting Your harvest will come in perfect time.

2 Corinthians 5:7

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”

We celebrate Bible heroes for their courage, but courage was only the surface. Underneath ran a single current: faith. They lived the truth of 2 Corinthians 5:7, walking by faith and not by sight.

Abraham left home without a map, trusting the God who simply said, “Go.” Noah hammered an ark together under cloudless skies, believing in rain he had never seen. Moses turned his back on Egypt’s palace and chose the rougher road with God’s people. Israel stepped into the Red Sea with Pharaoh thundering behind them and water towering on either side. None of them walked because the path looked safe or sensible. They walked because God had spoken, and His word weighed more than their fear. That is faith. It moves before the answers arrive, because it trusts the One who lights the way.

Walk by faith. Trust God enough to take the next step before the whole road is in view.

I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Father, give me courage to trust Your voice, step into the unknown, and walk by faith even when the path is unclear.