HEBREWS 11:6 Faith is acting. Faith is praying. Faith is expectation. Even though we are saved by grace and not our works, God wants more for us than just a bunch of people waiting in line for a handout. His goal is to grow us into mature sons and daughters who know Him, love Him, … [Read more…]
LUKE 10:38-42 The world is constantly coercing us to be more like Martha than Mary. Many people are being convinced that the path to happiness and impact is the path of more – more work, more commitments, more money, more friends, etc. But Jesus offers us a better, simpler, healthier way. He offers us the … [Read more…]
LEVITICUS 19:18A; JOHN 4:9 & 27 Loving others was not new for the disciples. They must have known the scripture – “…you shall love your neighbour as yourself…” Yet the way Jesus loved revealed their shallow view on what it looks like to love others. He loved the tax collectors, prostitutes, Roman oppressors, Samaritans, to mention … [Read more…]
JOHN 13:34-35 We do not have to try to look like our parents. Whether it is our mother’s eyes or our father’s ear, we inherit many of their physical features naturally. But how closely do we look like our Heavenly Father? When people look at us do they recognize us as His children? Scripture says there … [Read more…]
PSALM 27:10 There are times when we feel there is no one on our side – that even God has turned His back on us. Then loneliness, frustration, and fear takes control of our thoughts. It is difficult, but very important, to distinguish between feelings and reality. It is true that people will let us down, … [Read more…]
PSALM 67 “God be merciful to us and bless us” (67:1a). Do we pray that often for ourselves, our marriages, our children, the church, our towns/cities/nations? We all desperately need God’s mercy and His blessing. God’s mercy is one of the most basic concepts to grasp if we want to experience His blessing, and yet … [Read more…]
GENESIS 1:31 Rogation Days are an old religious custom which is now seldom observed in the Church. The word “Rogation” comes from the Latin “rogare”, which means “to ask,” and the Rogation Days are set apart to bless the fields, and ask for God’s mercy on all of creation, that things may become beautiful as … [Read more…]
PROVERBS 22:6 We are asked to train up our children in the way they should go and not hold on to them and never let them go. The journey of parenting is an ongoing lesson of letting go. We naturally want to protect and direct our children away from pain, danger, or discomfort. When they are … [Read more…]
LUKE 24:32 Most of us experience times when our spirits are discouraged, famished and almost dead. Usually, it happens when we have experienced something that stretches us to our maximum limits, and we find ourselves just trying to hang on. The disciples of Jesus were no different. We read in Luke 24 how they had just … [Read more…]
GENESIS 18:19 God created families and gave parents a unique place in it. Like Abraham, they are to lead their children to know Him. They can love, give of themselves, cook, clean, wash clothes, be the first ones to rise up in the morning or the last ones to lie down at night. They juggle … [Read more…]
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