As Easter approaches, I would like to ask you where your gaze is. Are you looking to the cross as a reminder of what Christ did for us? Are you looking at the empty tomb? Are you gazing into the sky looking for Jesus’ return? Or are you gazing at Jesus himself? The cross is […]
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Several years ago I heard a speaker ask a question of the audience. Her question went something like, “Do you know there are parts of God’s heart that are lonely for you?” The question struck a chord with me. Up until that point, I honestly had never thought about that before. The very idea of
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Selah. This is a term used often in the book of Psalms. The first time we see the word Selah is in Psalms 3. Here, David is writing about his trouble with one of his sons. The Psalms begins much like others David wrote with the negative emotions he has about the situation he is
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One of my favorite conversations I have with my son is about nature. We both share the love of nature, and I enjoy his curiosity. Now don’t get me wrong. He is a typical 14 year old who often refers to me as bro and wants to show me endless youtube videos that, as a
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Have you ever thought gratitude could be our secret weapon? There is no denying that life can feel challenging at times. You may be even now going through a hard time with finances, or relationships, or health. And at this time of year in particular, any family struggles seem to radiate pain more than ever.
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No one likes pain. I think we can all agree that pain is not a fun part of life. However, can there be purpose in our pain? Now let me clear. God is absolutely good. He does not cause bad things to happen to people. Bad things happen because of our own poor choices, because
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There are many examples in the Bible of people having to make hard impactful decisions of obedience. God had asked them to do something that did not make sense to them or even put them in harm’s way. Then they had to come to a decision point of whether they would follow and trust God,
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Do you know what I have learned over the last two years? I don’t like living history. Do you know what I mean? These kinds of things that our world and our country have walked through in the last two years are only things that until now I have read about in history books. I
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Is God relatable? I think this is an interesting question to explore. I think many of us as Christians have sought so hard to be relatable to the culture that we have begun to view the Bible and Jesus through the lens of culture rather than letting the Bible and Jesus tell us the truth
I saw wall art in one of my favorite stores recently that said “Give it to God and Go to Sleep”. While I appreciate the sentiment behind the sign, it struck me that sometimes the church (meaning us, the body of Christ) have taken that sign literally. We have laid everything at God’s feet and
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