Archive for November 2024
S237P3 – Dark seasons of the soul: doubt
Gen. 16:1-2 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said. He knew he served…
Read MoreS237P2 – Dark seasons of the soul: fear
Jn. 18:25-27 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself. So they asked him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” He denied it, saying, “I am not.” One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, “Didn’t I see you with…
Read MoreThe power of humility
We are instructed over and over again in scripture to practice humility, to humble ourselves before our Lord and before each other so that we can grow to be the people God has designed us to be. Many will fight this instruction because they see humility as an exhibition of weakness or lack of confidence.…
Read MoreS237P1 – Dark seasons of the soul: defiance
Jon. 1:1-3 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for…
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