Have you ever thought about the resurrection power of God? It’s powerful, right? Jesus was crucified and paid the ultimate price for our sins so that our broken relationship with God could be restored. That in itself is pretty powerful, but then three days later God raised Jesus from the dead. God restored life to […]
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I think Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I know there is a lot of hustle and bustle and activity but there is also a lot of quietness. Maybe it is because it gets darker earlier and there are Christmas lights to light up the darkness both inside and outside our homes. There
The story of the crippled man at the pool of Bethesda is an interesting story in the Bible. The story is found in John 5. In Jerusalem, there was a pool which was called Bethesda. There were five porches around the pool and in these porches lay many sick people hoping for their miracle. According
I am sure you have heard the saying the joy is in the journey. I find this to be true if it is a pleasant journey, if I know where I am going, who is going with me, and how many bathroom/snack stops I get to make along the way. In other words, I find
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Thanksgiving is really a position of the heart. Have you ever thought about what it means to bring the sacrifice of praise? In the Old Testament, the sacrifice was given to make retribution for sin. There were specific rules and procedures in how the sacrifice was supposed to look and when it was supposed to
Did you know you were created in the image of God? That is what the Bible says. In Genesis 1:27, it says God created man in His own image. That means we carry a part of God. None of us are God of course and our understanding of God only increases as we spend time
Did you know that peace is an inside job? We can be a person of peace when the world feels it is collapsing around us. Jesus modeled this when He walked the Earth. There were people that tried to destroy His life from birth yet He walked in peace and courage. There were people who
“God is good, all the time and all the time, God is good.” You may have heard this in church as a pastor saying this to the congregation, and the congregation echoing it back. Have you ever questioned it though? Has there ever been a thought way in the back of your brain that questions
Worry. The Bible discourages it. Some might even say it is a sin. But isn’t worry one of those “acceptable” sins? How will people know we care if we don’t worry about them? Isn’t a hallmark of a good friend, wife, mother, daughter that we worry about the ones we love? What does the Bible
Disillusionment is a tricky thing. To become disillusioned means we first have to believe in something: an idea, circumstance, person, and then when that thing or person, we have believed in doesn’t turn out or act in the way we expected we can become disillusioned. Disillusionment can be painful. It can also open the door
