Jude 1:3 “… I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.” Contend for the faith. I can’t get that phrase out of my mind. Jude urged the early church to fight against every smidgen of apostasy. Continue Reading…
Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” “John showed me the right way to die.” That was the sentiment one of my friends expressed upon the death of a dear brother in our church…. John’s battle with cancer lasted only a few months, Continue Reading…
Psalm 82:6-7 “I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die….” If I were to ask if you believed in God with a capital “G” or god with a small “g” you would no doubt say God with a big “G.” I Continue Reading…
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word Continue Reading…
Hebrews 11:9;11 “…he lived in tents…. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” Some of my sweetest memories surround camping vacations when our kids were young. I always felt a sense of freedom from perfection when we camped. So what if Continue Reading…
Isaiah 55:9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Enjoying my morning walk by the lake, I basked in the sun shining on the water (Even belted out a little John Denver…Sunshine on my shoulders makes me Continue Reading…
Philippians 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to God.” Talking points. We hear them on the news all the time. Surrogates of politicians saturate the media with carefully crafted statements in order to sway people to their Continue Reading…
Zechariah 4:10 “Who dares despise the day of small things….” From the trenches of war, upon receiving a supply of smokeables, CS Lewis wrote: “such little attentions are infinitely cheering when one is dull, lonely and disappointed.” In an environment with few pleasures Lewis appreciated the smallest act of kindness. Little Continue Reading…
Matthew 16:23 “Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” From the war on terror to the war on poverty…good intentions can run amuck when we look at life Continue Reading…
Matthew 14:28-29 “‘Lord, if it’s you,’ Peter replied, ‘tell me to come to you on the water.’ ‘Come,’ he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.” “What keeps pushing you to grow closer to the Lord?” questioned my student as Continue Reading…