“Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You. I said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides You’…For You will not abandon me to Sheol; You will not allow Your faithful one to see decay. You reveal the path of life to me; in Your presence is abundant joy; […]
Read More“We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, so that you may have great […]
Read More“We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, so that you may have great […]
Read More“We love because he first loved us.” – 1 John 4:19 Have you ever tried to hold smoke or hug fog? Just because you can see it doesn’t mean it has substance. So also much of what is passed off as “love” in our culture evaporates as soon as you touch it. Not so with […]
Read More“As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word…” Luke 5:1 God’s word. It is the word which comes from God. It is the word which carries the authority of God. It is the word which gives life to creation, forgiveness to sinners, release to prisoners, adoption to orphans, provision to the poor, power to the weak, and […]
Read More“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take up my yoke and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”Matthew 11:28-29 Some look for it in vacations, movies, or shopping. Others look for […]
Read More“This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” – Romans 5:5 Do Christmas and New Year celebrations share anything in common besides adjacent places on our calendar? If you look only at the secular culture around us, you […]
Read More“I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever…The Lord said, ‘I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David my servant’…But you have spurned and rejected him…How long, Lord? Will you hide forever?…Remember how short my life is…Blessed be the Lord forever.” – Psalm 89:1, 3, 38, 46-47, […]
Read MorePastor Tim Keller calls it the “Prayer Paradox.” Jesus seems to offer a blank check in John 14:14. Ask anything in My name, and I will do it. Yet we also read that there is a limit to what God will do in response to our prayers…“If we ask anything according to His will, He hears […]
Read More“Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger withheld His compassion?” – Psalm 77:9 Dr. Robert Creech offers the following helpful definition of anxiety: “the automatic biological reaction to threat” (Family Systems and Congregational Life: A Map for Ministry, 2019). Real or perceived, our reaction to threat is automatic and physical…first. But our second action […]
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