Psalm 96:1 “Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.” What’s on your playlist? Oh I don’t mean the sequence of songs on your iPod or mp3 player. I’m talking about the tunes running through your mind. Refrains that shuffle to the front of Continue Reading…
John 2:1;11 “On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.…What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory.” Even the start of the day hinted toward something supernatural… It began while I was sitting by Continue Reading…
1 John 2:10-11 “Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness…the darkness has blinded him.” Love is blind. We’ve all heard that expression, right? Well I think hate blinds far more Continue Reading…
Ecclesiastes 9:7-8 “Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.” I hate to admit it, but I think I’m more of a see the glass “half-empty” person than Continue Reading…
Genesis 20:26 “He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.” Rehoboth Mission. That’s the name of my childhood church in Southern Ohio. Grandpa always Continue Reading…
Acts 20:24 “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” Your speeches are not about you. That’s one of the first Continue Reading…
Philippians 2:3 “…Rather, in humility value others above yourselves” We laugh. We cry. We hope and dream. We crash and burn. We work, plan and play. We know where we’re going. We don’t have a clue about tomorrow. We love our Creator. We don’t even realize we bear his mark. Continue Reading…
Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Decades of faithfulness and constancy have a way of building trust….at least in my life. In those teenage years when my half-hearted devotion to Him should have disqualified me from any hope of a deeper life…God remained fully Continue Reading…
Hebrews 13:5 “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’” You would think, especially in these days of partisanship and polarization, the Right and Left have nothing in common. But I Continue Reading…
Matthew 20:26 “Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.” Jesus turned the definition of greatness on its head when he said the greatest would be the servant. Not the person with the top position, not the highest skilled athlete, not the Continue Reading…