Category Archives: Hope, Love, Peace, Joy, Salvation, Death, Eternal Life

What is God asking you to rebuild? A broken marriage? A vacant community? Your own abandoned heart? Don’t let those troublemakers stop you. Those voices in your head threatening your progress. Those discouragers of hope in what God desires to accomplish in His people and for His glory. When God stirs our heart for HisContinue reading ““They did not stop them.” Ezra 5:5″

I’m no risk taker. And putting your faith in God, is risky business. Putting faith in a decent wage comes naturally, a healthy diet—piece of cake. But faith in a God who made everything out of nothing always seems to be too much of a stretch for me. Why is that? When I stand backContinue reading ““Faith apart from works is dead.” James 2:26″

“Be safe,” we hear all over the place, and it makes me laugh when I think of the way the children of God are called to live. Wholly trusting the Holy Spirit’s leading, offering ourselves, a living sacrifice. Does that sound safe to you? Oh, but wait. After Paul and Silas were drug to prison and locked inContinue reading ““Whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.” Proverbs 29:25″

“Why so much blood, God?” I questioned this morning. One-thousand bulls, seven-thousand sheep, sacrificed and splattered across the altar of the Lord. I just don’t get it. And when all was burnt up, they sang for days, bursting with joy and gladness. The image of it all makes me cringe. The killing of innocent animals,Continue reading ““The Levites had to slaughter the Passover lamb for everyone who was not clean.” 2 Chronicles 30:17″

When your conscience bothers you, what do you do? When you realize you’ve blown it, do you stay faithful to your poor decision, determined to stay hidden and preserve your reputation? The Bible calls this, bondage. Jesus came to free you from your distress—your sin, your rebellion against Him. He came to set you free. YouContinue reading ““In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord.” 2 Chronicles 28:22″