Tag: devotion
Receiving Jesus
When you meet someone new, a question that soon surfaces is usually something to the extent of, “Where are you from?” They could be asking what your heritage is, where you grew up, or even the name of the city you were born. Where you come from is part of who you are. Hometowns can… View Article
The Power of Personal Prayer
One of the most beautiful, yet controversial sentiments of prayer is seen in the sixth chapter of Matthew. And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say… View Article
We build this time of year around traditions and high hopes. Filling our days, weeks and spare moments with festivities and good intentions. Decor, gifts, time spent, the money given, family pictures, Christmas cards- they’re all wonderful and time-consuming. This year while preparing for our church’s Christmas worship event, I sat with my team and… View Article
Being different is hard. Even in an individualist culture like America’s, we still can find it requires a real amount of courage to stand out in a group or hold a counter-cultural opinion or belief. Often, we find ourselves struggling to balance our need to “come out and be separate” (2 Corinthians 6:17) with the… View Article
As children, it is likely we sang the catchy lyrics of a common Sunday School song “the wise man built his house upon the rock.” In those early years, the song’s message probably seemed clear. We needed to be sure to build our lives on the rock of Jesus. Simple enough, right? Yet somehow… View Article
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