The Mark of a Growing Faith

The Wrong Table

In first-century Jewish culture, who you ate with said something about who you were. So when Jesus sat down at a table full of tax collectors and sinners, every Pharisee in the room knew exactly what He was doing — and they were offended. In this episode, we dig into Matthew 9:13 and the scandal of who Jesus chose to eat with. Because the real question isn’t whether you’re worthy of a seat at His table. It’s whether you’ll stop performing your way toward Him and just sit down. Subscribe to receive Before theLord devotionals in your inbox: www.blakescrawford.com / Follow Before the Lordon Facebook (@BeforeTheLord) and Instagram (@beforethelorddevo)

Visitor or Dweller

Most of us treat God’s shelter like a storm cellar — a place we visit when things fall apart and leave when the pressure lifts. But the Hebrew word for “dwells” in Psalm 91:1 doesn’t describe a visit. It describes a life. In this episode, we dig into the difference between being a visitor in God’s presence and making your home there— and why that distinction changes everything about how you walk through pressure. Subscribe to receive Before theLord devotionals in your inbox: www.blakescrawford.com / Follow Before the Lordon Facebook (@BeforeTheLord) and Instagram (@beforethelorddevo)

Take Care How You Hear

Jesus says no one lights a lamp just to hide it — so why do we treat Scripture that way? In this episode, we unpack Luke 8:16–18 and the sharp connection between the Parable of the Sowerand the lamp on a stand. What you do with the light you’ve been given determines whether more is coming — or whether what you have slips away. Subscribe to receive Before the Lord devotionals in your inbox:www.blakescrawford.com / Follow Before the Lord on Facebook (@BeforeTheLord)and Instagram (@beforethelorddevo)

The Mark of a Growing Faith

Psalm 13 opens with raw despair and ends with confident praise — all in six verses. That’s not an emotional roller coaster. That’s a faith being refined. In this episode, we explore why the lows of your faith journey aren’t signs that something is broken — they’re often the very ground on which growth happens. If you’ve been in a hard season and are wondering what it means, this one’s for you. Subscribe to receive Before the Lord devotionals in your inbox:www.blakescrawford.com / Follow Before the Lord on Facebook (@BeforeTheLord)and Instagram (@beforethelorddevo)

From "If" to "Since"

Most Christians would check the “salvation by grace” box on a statement of faith — then spend the week living as if a missed quiet time put them back at square one. In this episode, we diginto Colossians 1:21–23 and the Greek word behind that unsettling “if.” What we find isn’t a warning — it’s a confidence. And the gap between knowing that theologically and living it practically is where most of us get stuck. Subscribe to receive Before the Lord devotionals in your inbox: www.blakescrawford.com / Follow Before the Lordon Facebook (@BeforeTheLord) and Instagram (@beforethelorddevo)