By now you should have been teachers, but once again you need to be taught the simplest things about what God has said. You need milk instead of solid food. People who live on milk are like babies who don’t really know what is right. (Hebrews 5:12-13 CEV) The church is still experiencing what IContinue reading "Baby Boomers"
Let’s Grow Up!
We must try to become mature and start thinking about more than just the basic things we were taught about Christ. We shouldn’t need to keep talking about why we ought to turn from deeds that bring death and why we ought to have faith in God...Let’s grow up, if God is willing. (Hebrews 6:1,Continue reading "Let’s Grow Up!"
Delight in Your Weakness
Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. (2 Corinthians 12:9 NLT) Over the course of my teaching career, I've had to be evaluated a couple ofContinue reading "Delight in Your Weakness"
We’re His Masterpiece
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--how well I know it. (Psalm 139:14 NLT) Today I can say this verse with confidence, but for years, the Enemy used to make me believe otherwise. Like many people, I wasn’t happy with my body image. I paid more attention to what peopleContinue reading "We’re His Masterpiece"
Is It Worth It?
What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul? (Matthew 16:26 CEV) What if you could achieve or acquire all the things in this life, except a relationship with God? Is it worth it? Jesus asked and continues to ask His hearersContinue reading "Is It Worth It?"
It’s Just a Dress
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “Vanity of vanities! All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity [futile, meaningless—a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes, merely chasing the wind].” (Ecclesiastes 1:2 AMP) I heard a story about a customer who had gone to a store to pick up a dress. Apparently, something didn'tContinue reading "It’s Just a Dress"
Liked from Afar
No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. (Acts 5:13 NIV) In Acts chapter 5, we learn that sometimes people won't join your circle not because they don't like you, but because they're afraid of what a relationship with you will cost them. After Peter called out AnaniasContinue reading "Liked from Afar"
He is Touched by Your Faith!
While people were crowding and pressing against Him, Jesus stopped and asked the question, “Who touched me?” (Luke 8:45). Then Peter jumped in with his two cents, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you” (v.45). But Jesus wasn’t referring to just any touch, so He explained, “Someone touched me; I know that powerContinue reading "He is Touched by Your Faith!"
Unshakable
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’tContinue reading "Unshakable"
Prepared in Advance
Jesus told Simon, “Don’t be afraid! From now on you will bring in people instead of fish.” (Luke 5:10 CEV) Simon was a fisherman for a long time, so when Jesus called him to be a fisher of men, it wasn’t a concept that he wasn’t familiar with. I’m not sure what God is callingContinue reading "Prepared in Advance"
Rising with the Son 