“In simple humility, let our Gardener, God, landscape you with the word, making a salvation garden of your life.” (James 1:21 MSG) I don’t quite have the words to describe the impact this paraphrased verse has on my soul when I read it. I can…
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“When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions. Wait for hope to appear.” (Lamentations 3:28-29) Honestly, it’s been a challenging week. It’s always demanding to move across the country, changing homes and…
“You did it. You changed wild lament into hiring dance; You ripped off my black mourning band and decked me with wild flowers. I’m about to burst with song; I can’t thank You enough.” (Psalm 30:11-12 MSG) What a hope-filled song! We aren’t good about…
“Walk out into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They never prim or shop, but have you ever seen color or design like that?” (Matthew 6:28 MSG) I haven’t seen any fields of wildflowers in recent weeks. It’s mid-October and the summer flora have…
“On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Jerusalem and Samaria.” (Acts 8:1 NIV) We stepped int an Acts series at our new church yesterday. They’ve been working their way through the…
“Christ lives in me. The life you see me living is not mine, but it is lived by faith in the son of God.” (Galatians 2:20 MSG) This text makes me think of the seagulls in Finding Nemo. You know the birds: they are aggressively…
“Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord. Then he pitched his tent and there his servants dig a well.” (Genesis 26:25) I believe every preacher will give a handful of sermons that prove to be life-altering. And sometimes the…
“But no, I am not finished with you yet.” (Jeremiah 46:28 MSG) Judah has messed up big time. They’d utterly lost their way. They’d abandoned the God who who had rescued them from Egypt and sustained them in the wilderness; exchanged Him for deaf mute…
“You’ll walk out of there safe and sound because you trusted Me.” God’s Decree (Jeremiah 39:40 MSG) When God brought judgement in Judah and Jerusalem, He paid attention to people’s true heart condition. We know from earlier chapters in Jeremiah that God was keeping a…
“As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said “I am holy, you be holy.” (1 Peter 1:15-16 MSG) We don’t speak too much of holiness these days. We’ve…