“You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat.“You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for.“You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the …
Blessed
When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is what he said: “You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there …
A Recipe for Peace
Do you turn to God when you don’t get what you expect or ask for in life? Do you wonder why you don’t get the answers you are seeking? Do you feel that God is not listening to your cries? That He is too big to pay attention to your “little” problems? In these situations …
God Is In Control
Psalm 53The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good.God looks down from heaven on all mankindto see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.Do all these …
The Heart of God
John 3:14-18Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into …
His Love Endures Forever
Psalm 1361 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.His love endures forever.2 Give thanks to the God of gods.His love endures forever.3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords:His love endures forever.4 to him who alone does great wonders,His love endures forever.5 who by his understanding made the heavens,His love endures forever.6 who spread out the earth upon the waters,His love endures forever.7 who made the …
Two Things I Ask
Join us today as we meditate on God's word and pray . . . Proverbs 30:7-9“Two things I asked of you, do not refuse me before I die; keep deception and lies far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is my portion. That I not be full …
Waiting on God to Calm our Fear
Join me today as we meditate on God's Word and pray . . . Psalm 27A psalm of David.1 The Lord is my light and my salvation— so why should I be afraid?The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble?2 When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.3 Though …
Majestic God
Summer is officially here. I know the weather doesn’t feel like it today, but give it minute and it will. School is out. Memorial Day Weekend is here. June is right around the corner. Summer is here! I’ve always loved this particular time of year when summer stretches ahead of us full of endless possibilities. …
Never Forget
The final verses of Esther show Mordecai and Esther establishing a permanent feast. All subsequent generations of Jews are commanded to remember the 13th and 14th days of Adar as the Feast of Purim. Why celebrate days filled with so much death and destruction? Because, as Katie pointed out last week, those days represent the …
Equip Her 