“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands…” Revelation 7:9 When was a time you experienced God in a culture that was different than you own? Maybe it was a …
“You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness…” 2 Timothy 3:10 “I pedaled as fast as my elementary aged legs could go. I was setting land speed records with each trip around the block. Except for the span of about three houses. For this stretch I went as …
“In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;” Ephesians 6:16 How do you stay resilient enough to move? And tough enough to withstand all the flaming arrows that the evil one shoots your way? Kevlar vests stop bullets. Well, bullets from pistols anyway. Not all. And, …
“These things I have spoken to you while I am with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:25-26 Pictures capture a moment in time. A good photograph transports you to a time …
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7 As a kid I loved to swim in the ocean. Most of the places we traveled to provided pretty calm seas. The waves and ocean’s power was …
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 I had to change out a circuit breaker this past week. It meant that I had to go to the side of my house—the one where the mechanical elements are located. It’s the side I don’t …
“He has told you, O man, what is good;and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 Today’s verse is among the most quoted from all of the Minor prophets. It’s a succinct declaration of expectations. This is what the Lord expects: acting justly, a life …
“But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but act all should reach repentance.” 2nd Peter 3:8-9 Grandpa …
“All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.” Ecclesiastes 1:7 My least favorite part of the house is the kitchen sink. I hate my kitchen sink. No matter what I do—it is always full of dishes. Packed full. Stacked. Soaking to get the concrete loose …
