Archive for March 2020
It’s okay, He knows
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3jcbu-d6e5aa Life can shock us often. At the moment, we all are facing something new and trying to figure out how to get through it. Even though we might have been caught off guard, God was not. Let us press in and trust that He has this under control. He knows what we are going…
Read MoreS50P4 – Our spiritual fuel: the Holy Spirit
Gal. 5:22-25 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the…
Read MoreS50P3 – Our spiritual fuel: deeper godly teaching
1 Cor. 3:1-3 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh. For while…
Read MoreS50P2 – Our spiritual fuel: the promise of salvation
Jn. 6:25-27 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the…
Read MoreS50P1 – Our spiritual fuel: God’s work
Jn. 4:31-34 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who…
Read MoreS49P6 – The folly of fear: a love misunderstood
Rom. 8:31-35 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect?…
Read MoreS49P5 – The folly of fear: hiding from God
Gen. 3:8-10 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where…
Read MoreS49P4 – The folly of fear: inevitable losses
Luke 12:4-7 I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five…
Read MoreIn times of fear, practice faith
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iv35c-d64cd0 We have new concerns today that did not exist only a few months ago. While these concerns are real and urgent, we must remember that they are mere circumstances. As we navigate these changing waters, let us remember to habitually exercise our faith and reject the temptation to exercise fear instead.
Read MoreS49P3 – The folly of fear: the seemingly endless night
Psa. 34:4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. It had become an impossible living situation. Being roommates with my best friend seemed like a great idea in the beginning, but we quickly learned that we simply did not live the same way. Minor disagreements turned into…
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