Bible, Ephesians, Galatians, God, growing, Holy Spirit, Romans, spiritual growth
To: My Followers From: God Subject: Life There will be no doing this yourself. Living a life with Me as your Lord – it’s not possible in your own strength. I don’t say this because I have a superiority complex (I’m actually quite justified in...
anxiety, Bible, fear, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Philippians, power, sin, temptation, worry
My pastor said something I didn’t like today. He read Philippians 4:6 – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God,” – and then he offered this...
2 Corinthians, abortion, Bible, Ephesians, God, growing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, marriage, ministry, pain, parenting, Philippians, power, self worth, spiritual growth
I’m not sure how it happened, but I seem to be friends with more and more people who are “green” and “organic” and “work out” and “don’t eat crap”. They never eat anything not grown in their own backyards,...
Bible, God, Hosea, Jesus, John, Psalms
I heard a phrase on the radio the other day I can’t get out of my head – orphaned souls. K-Love was plugging an organization that gives shoes to orphans, and they call their benefactors orphan souls. But the DJ on the radio kept saying orphaned souls, and...
Bible, forgiveness, God, Gospel, grace, Heaven, Jesus, Judas, Matthew
Today is Good Friday, the day Christians mark the anniversary of Jesus’ crucifixion. To focus my heart on the event, I cracked open Matthew 27 to read about the details. I got 5 verses in and stopped to ponder Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish...
Acts, Bible, God, growing, Holy Spirit, spiritual growth
Last Sunday our pastor talked about the Holy Spirit as a Comforter. Matt used the illustration of our children having comfort objects – blankets, stuffed animals, etc. – they can’t get to sleep without. For whatever reason, these raggedy objects calm...
