Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. Nothing could stifle my enthusiasm for Monday morning. Even when I woke up the night before with leg cramps so excruciating that they caused me to faint and subsequently vomit. Even though it was the weekend to “spring forward” (what a misnomer) Continue Reading…
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.” Another Valentine’s Day just Continue Reading…
1 Peter 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept Continue Reading…
Mark 1:14-15 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” I think we can make the gospel too complicated. My husband and I recently visited the Billy Graham Training Continue Reading…
Luke 5:18 And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus. The movie, Hacksaw Ridge chronicles the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. It tells the story of Desmond Doss, a combat Continue Reading…
Luke 19:5 Jesus…said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” Sunday School songs about the wee little man who climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus don’t do Zacchaeus justice. Luke 19 presents a less sanitized version than the melody crooned by preschoolers. Zacchaeus checked Continue Reading…
Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” Is anything worth losing Jesus? I’ve been reading The Dusty Ones: Why Wandering Deepens Your Faith by A.J. Swoboda. In one of the chapters, “Losing Jesus,” Swoboda writes how even Continue Reading…
1 Corinthians 13:9-10 “For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.” Theologian Frederick Buechner writes how Christianity is too good not to be true. But when I accepted Jesus as Savior I had no idea how good or how Continue Reading…
Hebrews 2:3-4 “how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit Continue Reading…
Romans 8:18 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” My heart turned somersaults of joy as I watched our daughter and son-in-law raise their right hands Continue Reading…