HighPoint Devotionals

There's a profound question that echoes through the corridors of Christian life: What exa ctly is the gospel? Many of us would quickly respond with the familiar answer—we're sinners, Christ died for our sins, and through faith in Him we receive forgiveness and eternal life. While this is gloriously true, it represents only part of the picture. The complete gospel encompasses something far more comprehensive, something that transforms not just our eternal destiny, but our pres

There's an ancient principle woven throughout Scripture that governs both our individual lives and our collective societies: we reap what we sow. This isn't merely agricultural wisdom—it's a fundamental truth about how life works, how character develops, and how cultures are shaped. Two Soils, Two Harvests The apostle Paul presents us with a stark reality in his letter to the Galatians: "Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to pleas

Sometimes you know what you need to do and you don’t do it. Sometimes you know what you need to stop doing, but you keep doing it. For some of you, when you saw these lines, you knew the thing in your life that I was talking about – something hidden, but just below the surface. A recent blog post here reminded us of God’s power to break strongholds. For many, the strongholds that are most durable are secret places – secret from our co-workers, our friends, our family, even

Every person has different personalities and patterns “installed” in them either by nature or by outside forces, such as parental...

The first day I walked into one of the buildings, this wonderful smell overtook my senses. I thought perhaps they had just...

Chapter two of the book of Matthew is filled with the unexpected.  If you read it carefully, you will discover that the three “wise men”...

Imagine you’re going to write about the most important person ever to live. Where do you start? One of his amazing miracles? The time he...

It was a chilly October morning with a misting rain. I was on a college-visit trip with my daughters and had decided that they needed to...

"For God has said, "I will never fail you, I will never abandon you." -Hebrews 13:5 Recently, I was appointed a role for an event. It was...

The tapping and pounding on the roof was constant for those two days. Like many people on my street this year, I had my roof replaced...

The empty chair - which sat in front of me - devastated my heart and soul. I just completed my 17th year of teaching this year, and I had...

It doesn't matter where I go, I'm fascinated by areas and places where something used to be alive but is now dead. This can happen in...

A few days ago, in the early morning hours, I (along with every other Floridian with a cell phone) was abruptly woken up by an...

God did not send Jesus to earth to start a new religion. God was looking and longing for relationships. You matter to God. He knows your...

Before the victory that Jesus won by His resurrection, only the Priest could go into the Jewish Holy of Holies and pray. These Priest...

What would we believe if the Bible stopped after the four Gospels? Obviously, God wanted us to have the inspired commentary of the apostles,

The simple definition of the word jubilee is: A time of rejoicing. The reasons behind the jubilee are as numerous as the sand on a beach...

The resolution, as it pertains to filmmaking, is just as it sounds: The wrapping up of the conflict as we see our hero ride off into...

As we follow our protagonist through their trial, they will ultimately reach their ‘point of no return’. It's when our characters find...

When I was in a creative writing class—and really all throughout film school—we were taught the ‘roadmap’ for a good story. The plot...