Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Faith And Obedience
The Lord speaks to us in many ways every day, including through His Word. Whenever God speaks to us, we must respond. If He tells us to stop worrying, that’s what we do. If He tells us to tame our temper, that’s what we do. If He tells us to go to the ends of the...
A Long Obedience In The Same Direction
As a society, we are obsessed with the immediate. Email, the internet, and our quest for the quick fix. But the true, time-tested prescription for discipleship is a long obedience in the same direction. (Psalm 120 - 134) Eugene Peterson [Paraphrased]
Offerings Or Obedience?
Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord, your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is far better than sacrifice. He is much more interested in your listening to him than in your offering the fat of rams to him. 1...
Obedience
We are fixated on victory. On winning against this or that sin, etcetera. God is fixated on obedience.
A Sabbath Slippery Slope
"Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy. You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to Me. On that day no one is to work - neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the sojourner who is within your gates....
Two Vocations
Two Vocations God has also planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds, a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy. Ecclesiastes 3:11 (AMPC, Paraphrased) We have two vocations in life, our...
Hold On There Baba Looey
A quick reminder before we rush into the day. Fullness comes to us when we remember to be with God before going out to serve Him. He desires our hearts to be in alignment with Him before our hands set about doing His assignment for the day.
On Troubles, Endurance, and Grit
Endurance and perseverance are at the heart of character. Suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us--they help us learn to be patient....
Call Upon The Lord
When we ask God to give us strength, He gives us struggles to strengthen us. When we ask God for wisdom, He gives us problems to work through and learn. When we ask God to be with us, He shows us where He is and teaches us He lives in our worship.
Every Once In A While
An epiphany is a sudden, unexpected perception or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something. A glimpse of the way things should be. An encouraging word. An obvious truth. Last week, in celebration of Pride Month, the United States of America flew the...
Pentecost /4
And The Story Goes On All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer. They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and...
Pentecost /3
Enter The Holy Spirit The waiting is over. The day of Pentecost arrives. "Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and...
Pentecost /2
So They Waited Jesus was crucified and three days later He rose from the dead. This began the seven week period leading up to Pentecost (the Jewish Feast of Weeks). During this time extraordinary events were occurring. Jesus, in his resurrected body, appeared to many....
Pentecost /1
Feast of Weeks Pentecost marks the founding of the Christian community and the beginning of its evangelistic mission. Pentecost (Greek, fifty) takes its name from the 50 days between Passover and the Old Testament festival of Feast of Weeks. Ancient Jewish law in...
The Perfect Timing Of Providence
Now about the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea, and would have passed them by. Mark 6:48 NKJV After a busy day, Jesus had hurried His disciples onto a boat and sent them across the lake while He retreated to a hillside spot for prayer and...
Don’t Give The Enemy A Seat At Your Table, Patience Version
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. James 1:19-20 NIV "Be patient with everyone, but above all with...
Joyful Comfort
These two assurances bring comfort to my heart, and with comfort, joy. Did I mention I love them? Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me. Psalm 23:4 JPS And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to...
Memorial Day, 2022
Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 First proclaimed as Decoration Day on May 30 1868 by General John A. Logan, the observance spread and eventually became known as Memorial Day. In 1968 it was designated as a...
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