Lent Day 16: Being Caught by God
The Lord is chasing after you, not to wrestle control from you, but inviting you to surrender control to him and allow him to wrap his arms of love around you....
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Christ’s Example of Service
John 13:14-15 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you....
Good Friday: Power for the Powerless
Jesus, who is all powerful, cares about the powerless. As we celebrate Good Friday during Holy Week let us come alongside the marginalized in the world. Let us stand with the poor and powerless. ...
Tug of War
In our world today we see a tug of war when it comes to the values of the world and those of the crucified Savior. We are being pulled, and sometimes pushed into places of compromise. ...
God of Hope
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope....
Empty Yourself
Like Jesus we are called to empty ourselves, to take on the cares and concerns of others. To walk in the shoes and stories of someone else. ...
Lent Day 40: Going the Wrong Direction
Many of you may have taken a wrong road in life, but today Jesus is giving us the sign of his love and he is inviting you and me to turn around and come home. ...
Lent Day 39: Is the Lord Among Us?
We are prone to forget the Lord who has delivered us from perilous times in our lives...
Lent Day 38: The Hidden Power of Christ
It is the hidden power of Christ that really moves mountains in our lives. ...
Lent Day 37: No Cheap Imitations
Let us not settle for imitation faith because it is cheaper. But let us choose the discipline of true life....
Lent Day 15: Biblical Justice
Biblical Justice: The equitable and impartial application of the rule of God’s moral law in society. Our nation’s on-going experience with COVID-19 has allowed us all to slow down and take a hard look at parts of our life that we may often neglect. For believers, it is a time for sober reflection on the things we often forget. ...
Keep ReadingLent Day 14: Receiving God’s Gift of Love
During our forty-day journey of the Lenten season, people often consider what they have to give up as a way to be closer to God. While those disciplines can be helpful, if practiced in the wrong spirit, it can be performance driven in an attempt to earn or win the favor of God. We can never earn God’s love, but we receive it as a gift from Him. ...
Keep ReadingLent Day 13: I Once Was Blind, But Now I See
Before we come to Christ, we are blind to him and the life he wants to give us. After we come to him and receive new life, we still have blind spots of old truth that must be removed. The cataracts of old thinking have to be transformed so we can see clearly; then we can love more dearly the one who gives sight and those he has given us to love, including our enemies. ...
Keep ReadingLent Day 12: Hearing God’s Voice in the Darkness
During this season of Lenten reflection, allow yourself to be open to hear the voice of God, even at night. ...
Keep ReadingLent Day 11: Respect the Presence of God
It is one thing to be in the presence of the king. It is quite another to be in the presence of “The King” of all creation. ...
Keep ReadingLent Day 10: Blessed Are You Who Weep
At some point in our life we will experience grief and loss, whether it be large or small. It is for this reason that we should not run from it, but embrace the loss, and allow Jesus to walk us through it. ...
Keep ReadingLent Day 9: Make Room for the Other
It will be challenging to be inclusive of “the other”, but it is a risk that we have been called to take as followers of Christ. ...
Keep ReadingLent Day 8: God’s Faithfulness
In spite of our failures in the past, God wants to remind us of his willingness to give us a second chance. ...
Keep ReadingLent Day 7: When I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong
It is in the places where we are most vulnerable and incapable of overcoming so many challenges on our own, that Christ’s power is most readily seen and revealed to us and through us....
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