“God told Jeremiah, “Up on your feet! Go to the potter’s house. When you get there, I’ll tell you what I have to say.” (Jeremiah 18:1-2 MSG) I love that the book of Jeremiah is included in the Old Testament canon. Why do I say…
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“While He was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knew before Him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come, put your hand on her, and she will live.” Jesus got up and went with him, so did his disciples. Just then, a…
“When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with sounds of joy.” (Psalm 126:1-2 NIV) Do you know what grows dim in an adult’s life? Laughter. The average four year old…
“Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.” (1 John 4:7 NLT) My spiritual mentor prayed it into the phone, a couple hundred miles could not muffle her…
“Taking the five loaves and two fish and looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and broke the loaves.” (Mark 6:41 NIV) Tabgha was one of my favorite stops along our Israel tour. Beyond the iconic loaves and fishes mosaic laid into the floor, it…
“Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or – worse – stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars.” (Matthew 6:19-20 MSG) It’s only stuff. My treasure isn’t here…
“Joshua said to the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.” (Joshua 24:2 NLT) Wait, did you catch that?…
“You feed them from the abundance of Your own house.” (Psalm 36:8 NLT) Our God provides for His own. We see this so clearly in the wilderness, with the children of the Exodus picking their way toward Promised Land. God brought bread like dew on…
“You’re the One, O God, who does this. So You’re the One for whom we wait. You made it all. You do it all.” (Jeremiah 14:22 MSG) Jeremiah was known as the weeping prophet because his nation, the people of God, had wandered way off…
“Let us throw off everything that hinders…” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV) Five years ago I had a dream. I was standing on the edge of an open field, hanging on to the fence with both hands. The field was beautiful but dangerous. The golden grass waved…