The Knee Jerk Devotional
By Daniel Rose
The Knee Jerk DevotionalDec 11, 2020
October 24, 2023 // Jeremiah 2:20-28
What tracks are you leaving in the desert dust?
October 23, 2023 // Jeremiah 2:4-19
Will I trust in God's goodness or my silly schemes?
October 18, 2023 // Jeremiah 1:1-10
Welcome back to The Knee Jerk Devotional, mostly daily devotionals. I respond to my reading of Jeremiah 1:1-10 today.
Use Your Head and Heart
How do I know what’s right?
That’s a question that plagues many of us. It seems to find us everywhere we go. As we scroll the social media feeds or we see the news or as we parent or as we talk with friends, this question is lingering in the background.
So what do we do?
We Just Try To Make Ourselves Look Good
Jesus once said, “A person making things up tries to make himself look good. But someone trying to honor the one who sent him sticks to the facts and doesn’t tamper with reality.”
Read that again.
If I put that into my own words, I’d say, “When we forget who we are really are, we lose the plot.”
So many of us have lost the plot. We’ve lost our sense of self. We have become so bound to our political tribe that we have become blind to reality. As a result, we “tamper with reality.”
Humility or Fear?
The great theologian Michael Scott once said, “Would I rather be feared or loved? Um… easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.”
This always makes me chuckle because it rings so true.
What kind of leader is a good leader? The one who casts fear in their followers or the one that creates love? I think we would say the latter, yet so much of what we see in our institutions is the former. It’s as if we don’t really believe that it’s possible to lead from a place of love or humility.
231. Yeah But
John 6:27-59
230. Slipping Off...
John 6:1-15
229. The Working Agenda
John 5:41-47
228. God, Jesus, and Bobby Knight?
John 5:39-40
227. Seriously!
John 5:28-38
226. Greeters Not Gatekeepers!
John 5:24-27
225. No Shut Outs!
John 5:19-23
224. Even on the Sabbath!
John 5:1-18
223. A Bridge Too Far?
John 4:43-54
222. Firsthand Jive
John 4:39-42
221. Standing With Giants
John 4:31-38
220. Go and Do
John 4:31-34
219. That Kind of Woman
John 4:25-30
218. All That Matters
John 4:15-24
217. The Generous One
John 4:3-14
216. Just Don't Play
John 4:1-3
215. Extravagance!
John 3:22-36
214. Just That
John 3:1-8
213. Later
John 2:13-25
212: It Was a Real Banger
John 2:1-12
211. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
John 1:43-51
210. There He Is!
John 1:35-42
209. God-Revealer
John 1:29-34
208. We Want Answers!
John 1:19-28
207. The Middle
Welcome to 2022!
Today's mostly daily spiritual insight for the short attention span is from John 1:15-18
206. They Didn't Notice
John 1:9-13
205. True Selves
John 1:4-9
204. Jesus is Lord
At the end of last week I asked for some help via a survey for my sermon. A few folks asked if the sermon was going to be recorded. That isn't usually something I do. But, I thought I would make a special podcast episode for it.
1 Corinthians 12:1-3
203. Life-Light!
John 1:1-5
202. Salty?
Colossians 4:2-6
201. One Another
Colossians 3:15-17
200. Let Us Lament
This morning we wrestle with lament in the wake of the murders of three high school students in Oxford, MI.
199. Dress Up
Today's devotional is about what makes us truest versions of ourselves.
Colossians 3:12-14
198. Thief
Colossians 3:5-11
197. Contentment
Colossians 3:3-4
196. Where the Action Is
Colossians 3:1-2
195. Why?
Colossians 2:20-23
194. The Substance is Christ
Colossians 2:16-19
193. You Can't Get It
Colossians 2:11-15
192. The Emptiness of the Argument
Colossians 2:8-10
191. Get Busy Living
Colossians 2:6-7
190. A Tapestry of Love
Colossians 2:1-5
189. Y'all Basic
Colossians 1:24-29
188. Put-Back-Togetherness
Colossians 1:21-23