I Choose Today...

I Choose Today to Obey, Even When It’s Uncomfortable

As I was reading Acts 10 during a devotional, something caught my attention. It wasn’t just the vision Peter had, it was what came next. Because what God asked Peter to do wasn’t just unusual. It was uncomfortable. Eat With Sinners “The next day as Cornelius’s messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon, and he was hungry. But while a meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.…Then a voice said to him, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.’ ‘No, Lord,’ Peter declared. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean.’ But the voice spoke again: ‘Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.’” Acts 10:9–15, NLT In the Old Testament, God gave His people specific instructions to remain set apart. Dietary laws and boundaries around marriage with surrounding nations were meant to protect them from idolatry and preserve the lineage through which the Messiah would come. It wasn’t about superiority, it was about protection and purpose. But something radical shifts in Acts 10. Until this point, the gospel had reached Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria, just as Jesus

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I Choose Today to Honor a Legacy

Most of you don’t know the backstory of how I Choose Today began. Back in 2023, my uncle and I started doing devotionals together on the Bible App. For about five or six months, we would read the same devotional and then write down our thoughts and reflections. It became a special rhythm for us. Since he lived in another state, it gave us a way to stay connected through our shared faith. This uncle has always held a special place in my life. He was instrumental in my coming to know the Lord. In fact, he introduced me to the man who led me to Christ almost forty years ago. So those devotional exchanges were more than just reflections on Scripture, they were moments of connection, encouragement, and spiritual family. After several months of corresponding through the Bible App, my aunt and uncle came to visit me here in Maryland. During that visit, my uncle told me something that caught me completely off guard. He said, “I started a blog.” Naturally I assumed he meant for himself, so I asked, “You started a blog for you?” He smiled and said, “No. I started a blog for you and me.”

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I Choose Today to Remember I Belong to Him

There is a verse where Jesus says, “Apart from Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5) At first glance, that can feel confusing. Because Scripture also tells us that when we belong to Christ, God lives in us and we live in Him (1 John 4:15). So how do those truths fit together? If He dwells in us, does that mean we never do anything apart from Him? Paul helps us understand this in his letter to the Corinthians. The believers there had started believing that what they did with their bodies didn’t matter much. But Paul corrected that thinking with a powerful reminder: “The one who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” (1 Corinthians 6:17) Salvation isn’t just a belief, it’s a union. We belong to Christ. We are not spiritually independent people anymore. Paul goes even further: “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you…? Therefore honor God with your bodies.” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20) Here’s the key. Jesus’ words, “apart from Me you can do nothing,” are not saying we are incapable of action, clearly we make choices every day. What He is saying is

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I Choose Today to Eat from the Tree of Life

In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were met with a choice. They could eat from the Tree of Life or from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. They chose the latter, and in that choice, sin entered the world. At its core, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil represented something more than forbidden fruit. It was the decision to take authority into their own hands, to define good and evil for themselves, apart from God. Scripture tells us that choice leads to death. That same choice still exists today. We may not stand in a garden with two literal trees before us, but every day we are faced with the same decision: Will we choose the world, doing what is right in our own eyes, or will we choose Jesus? The world reflects the same invitation as the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It tells us to trust our instincts, follow our feelings, define truth for ourselves, and take control. But Scripture is clear, when we live from that place, it ultimately leads to brokenness, separation, and spiritual death. The Tree of Life, however, points us to Jesus. Jesus

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I Choose Today to Let God’s Blessings Flow Through Me

A couple of years ago, we visited friends out of town and went to church with them. As we walked in, the ushers handed each person a small three-inch piece of PVC pipe with 2 Corinthians 9:11 printed on it: “Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.” The pastor explained that this verse reminds us of a simple truth: we are blessed to be a blessing. The pipe was a visual, what God pours into our lives is meant to flow through us to others. Our gifts. Our encouragement. Our joy. Our resources. Our compassion. None of it is meant to stop with us. I’ve thought about that little pipe often since that day. It still sits on my bookshelf as a quiet reminder to keep my life open… to let God’s blessings move through me, not just to me. God never intended for us to be containers. He intended us to be conduits, living expressions of His generosity, His kindness, and His heart. What has God entrusted to you that someone else might desperately need today?

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