Love & Other Good Fruit
“We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.” 1 John 4:16 NLT God’s Love for Us “For we know how dearly God loves us, because...
Fitness Goals
“Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” 1 Timothy 4:8 NLT February is about the time any new year’s resolutions I’ve made to get in shape start to wane. If this is true for...
Arise! Shine!
“Arise, shine!For your light has come;the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.” Isaiah 60:1 ISV “But whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God, the Creator of all light,and he shines forever without change or shadow.” James 1:17 TLB Isaiah 60:1 has been on my mind lately. It...
Distance Learning
“In the same way, we can see and understand only a little about God now, as if we were peering at his reflection in a poor mirror; but someday we are going to see him in his completeness, face-to-face. Now all that I know is hazy and blurred, but...
I Choose You!
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1 ESV My granddaughter just turned 3 and requested a Pokémon theme for her birthday party. She had a Pikachu cake, Pikachu plates, and a giant Pikachu balloon. While discussing party plans...
Show, Don’t Tell
“And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind.Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.” Titus 2:7 NLT Showing vs. Telling I dream of being a fiction writer someday. I admit that I spend more time collecting...
True and Proper Worship
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1 NIV When we hear the word worship, we often think of a church service: singing songs, praying together,...
One Voice
“Behold, I am sending My messenger before You,Who will prepare Your way;The voice of one calling out in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way of the Lord,Make His paths straight!'” Mark 1:1-3 NASB “No one can come to Me unless the Father who has sent Me draws him.And I will raise him up on...
O Come, Let Us Adore Him
“For this is how God loved the world:He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NLT Love Came Down “We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.God...
A Free Ride into An Amazing Future
“The payment for sin is death.But God gives us the free gift of life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 NCV This week I wanted to write something about the meaning of Christmas, but I wasn’t sure exactly which way to go with it. I had a...