In our time of deepest need we will call out to God for his help. Help for healing, help for clarity and maybe help for strength. I can remember at my time of deepest need, when I called out to God, I received all three. As soon as I pray, you answer me; you encourageContinue reading “When I Called”
Category Archives: Bible Study
Right There With Us
Reading a devotional the other day, one of the verses was Isaiah 41:13; For I the LORD your God will hold your right hand, saying to you, Fear not; I will help you. As I reflected on it over the last couple days, I realize that the verse is so packed with meaning and soContinue reading “Right There With Us”
Let your Sin Story, be your God story
Jesus paid the ultimate price when He died on the cross. He was betrayed and abandoned by his friends, he was accused by his own people, tortured and ridiculed, and then executed as a criminal. What makes it all different is that is not where the story ends. Jesus defeated death and rose from theContinue reading “Let your Sin Story, be your God story”
Why did the disciples follow immediately?
In my reading this morning, I was in Matthew chapter 4 where he talks about the calling of the disciples. As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fisherman. “Come, follow me,Continue reading “Why did the disciples follow immediately?”
Lukewarm
Many of us this time of year will be attending a church service. Some will be attending for one of the few times a year that they go to church. But even those of us who go to regular church services, are we going to a Christmas service out of obligation or tradition? Are weContinue reading “Lukewarm”
Crazy Love
A while back I was recommended the book “Crazy Love” by Francis Chan. I purchased my copy then and it went in my to read pile where it sat for months. In fact, I had forgotten about it until recently. This weekend I picked it up and started to read. Having just finished the firstContinue reading “Crazy Love”
Itching Ears
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. -2 Timothy 4:3 This is a tough verse. Mostly because it’s true. We look toContinue reading “Itching Ears”
To Be Holy
What does it mean to be holy? What does that word mean to you? For much of my life, when I heard the word holy, I would think of angels singing in heaven, I would think of the revival meetings at my church as a child, the gospel singers that would come in on aContinue reading “To Be Holy”
Do Everything in Love
Last year our church had a sermon series entitled Last Man Standing that was one of my favorites of the year and really impacted my life in 2016. My favorite in the series is the one entitled Men or Boys . I had written a post Act Like Men about this back then that is worth the fewContinue reading “Do Everything in Love”
Because He Truly Cares – 1 Peter 5:7
As often happens while sitting in church a scripture is given or something is said that may only be tangentially related to the sermon topic itself but it triggers in me that I realize that it is not only the meaning that God wanted me to get from the service, but it also triggers asContinue reading “Because He Truly Cares – 1 Peter 5:7”
Exceptional Christian 