InWord Resources

Would Jesus Leave Room for Cream?

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Would Jesus leave room for cream? Picture yourself in a Starbucks, ordering coffee with Jesus. You place your order, Jesus places His order, and the barista asks Jesus if He’d like room for cream. What do you think He’d say? Actually, the answer to that question, which we’ll get to in a minute, isn’t as important as this: … [Read more...]

Walking in Belief

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Is the following question a fair question? If you believe in something (a cause, a principle, a law of physics), but that belief doesn’t change your behavior or thinking, do you really believe in that something?   To add a little insight to that question: We show our belief in buoyancy by getting in a boat. We show … [Read more...]

Do Pets Go to Heaven?

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It’s one of those facts of life: If you have a pet, you eventually will have to deal with its death.   If you’ve stumbled upon this devo, it’s likely you or someone close to you has lost a pet. It’s a real hurt and a deep grief. Pets are always there for us. Even a recalcitrant cat has his way of offering … [Read more...]

The Power of a Word

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It was shortly after dinner that I received a panicked message from one of my students. “I think I might be fired from my job.” It seems that he had gotten into a bad situation with his employer over some things he had been posting on social media. In that moment the reality settled in that there wasn’t much he could do to take … [Read more...]