“Don’t despair. Your God is present among you, a strong Warrior there to save you. Happy to have you back, He’ll calm you with His love and delight you with His songs.” (Zephaniah 3:16-17 MSG) Parts of the Bible can read like a self-help book…
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“Devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God.” (1 Chronicles 22:19a NIV) These are David’s instructions to his son, Solomon and we don’t have to be terribly familiar with the details of David’s story to read between the lines and catch full…
“When you go through the deep waters, I will be with you. When you go though the rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.” (Isiah 43:2a NLT) There is a photo attempting to break the internet this week. It’s a helicopter’s view of a bridge…
“Zeal for your house consumes me.” (Psalm 69:9 NIV) This scripture was written by David in the psalms but also recognized in Christ by His disciples as He overturned the tables in the Temple and disrupted the moneychangers. Jesus was consumed by His love and…
“In Him was life and that life was the light of all mankind.” (John 1:4 NIV) My family has spent the last two days hosting a moving sale. It’s no small thing, pulling up stakes in Iowa, loading all our earthly possessions into a 26…
“I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.” (John 21:3 NIV) People get hurt in church. They either get hurt by their…
“The Lord God said, “It is not good for man to be alone.” (Genesis 2:18 NIV) Of course, we are highly familiar with the context of this scripture. It is in the Creation story; in the wake between Adam and the introduction of Eve. It…
“I have told you these things for a purpose…” (John 15:11 MSG) Wait, what things? John 15:1-10 can be condensed to a list. Jesus the Vine.His Father is the Vinedresser.Non fruit-bearing branches are removed entirely.Fruit-bearing branches are pruned to bear even more fruit.Christ longs for…
“Keep the Sabbath; it is holy to you.” (Exodus 31:14 MSG) I had a Holy Spirit tug yesterday to call a certain friend. I texted instead. She and I have an unspoken arrangement: we usually text before we call to make sure the other has…
“But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said, “We want a king over us. Then we will be like he other nations, with a king to lead us and go out before us and fight our battles.” (1 Samuel 8:19-20 NIV) I’m…