We spent eight hours with dear friends yesterday and the bulk of our discussion gathered around the subject of being hurt at church. Why is God’s house – a place of healing – also often a place of deep wounding? I opened my Bible this…
Tag: Kingdom
While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God’s angel spoke in the dream: “Joseph, son of David, don’t hesitate to get married. Mary’s pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God’s Holy Spirit made her pregnant.” (Matthew 1:20-21 MSG) While we will not…
You know what I’ve noticed after a decade or more of daily devotionals? If we’re faithful to meet with God in the wee hours of the day, the Lord will often talk with us about the attitude, grace, perspective or particular fruit of the Spirit…
“The simple fact is that words kill.” (Matthew 5:22 MSG) We were at Chickfil-a last night; our little family of three gathered and giving thanks over chicken and mac and cheese. It was mid-meal when someone said something that near swept away my appetite. The…
“Turn in your old life for a Kingdom life.” (Matthew 3:11 MSG) The Message phrases scripture in words I can see. This text makes me think of a dry-cleaner’s shop: turn in your dirty clothes and pick up your clean ones. Dirty clothes usually arrive…
“Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things.” (2 Timothy 2:7 NLT) You may have noticed, but I am a thinker by nature. When I was a very little girl, my father took me to the Detroit Art…
“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…
“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…
“By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at His hand.” (Hebrews 11:3 NLT) In school, science was always a favorite subject of mine. My dad was a high school botany teacher, so we spent my childhood making observations about our natural world.…