Bible, Ezekiel, God, Isaiah, John, Kingdom Vision, Revelation
Our pastor challenged us on Sunday to evaluate whether or not we have an accurate view of how holy God is. The implication is we tend to humanize God and lose awareness of how majestic and grand and wholly above us in rank and perfection He truly is. And when we are...
2 Chronicles, Bible, Bible study, faith, trials
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again (as long as you keep reading it): the Old Testament is relevant TODAY. I’m 20 days behind on my read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year-chronologically plan. Impressive, no? I thought I’d have totally given...
Bible, faith, fear, God, growing, Jesus, meaning of life, obedience, Philippians, spiritual growth
In Philippians 2 it says, “[Christ] humbled himself and became obedient to death – even death on a cross!” (Philippians 2:8). I read this on Sunday, and the phrase “obedient to death” jumped off the page. Yes, this is what God calls...
Bible, God, growing, Jesus, John, Matthew, meaning of life, Philippians, service
God has been trying to teach me something huge the past 18 months. And, in pure human fashion, I have been slow to learn. It got to the point where a couple of weeks ago I more or less pleaded with the Lord, “WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TEACH ME?! I DON’T...
Bible, faith, God, hope, Jeremiah, Psalms, trials
Sometimes when we are in the middle of a storm, all we want is for someone to say, “You’ll make it. I went through the exact same thing, and I made it. You’ll make it, too.” No matter the crisis we are in, that’s what we want to hear....
Bible, friendship, God, growing, Holy Spirit, prayer, Romans, spiritual gift
No one enjoys struggling. But some people enjoy coming alongside those who are struggling and helping them in any way they can. I think of counselors, pastors, those who serve the community vocationally and/or voluntarily. Something inside of them takes pleasure in...
