Recap & Review: Power from God
“I’m sending you what my Father promised.Wait here in the city until you receive power from heaven.” Luke 24:49 GW During the months of May through August, we are taking a break from the Awakening story to review some old posts that are related to the doctrines and topics...
Recap & Review: Renewal and God’s Word
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV During the months of May through August, we are taking a break from the Awakening story to review some old posts that are related to the doctrines...
Empowered
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you …” Acts 1:8 NIV “… the Spirit is thought of as the power of the age to come, as that power — which will characterize God’s rule at the end of time — already shaping and transforming the...
God Hears & God Speaks
“This is the confidence we have in approaching God:that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” 1 John 5:14 NIV A woman who longed for a child struggled with infertility. Although she was dearly loved by her husband, her life still felt incomplete. Year after year...
Glory to God!
“For as the waters fill the sea,the earth will be filled with an awarenessof the glory of the Lord.” Habakkuk 2:14 NLT Winter always reminds me of promises… the promise of spring and the new life it will bring, the promise of warmth that will break through the bitter cold,...
Hope Flowers, Pokus Plants, & Prickleberries
“Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” Romans 8:24-25 ESV Hope Flowers “Today, declare your certainty that God is working everything together for your good. . . ....
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
” . . . there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24 NIV This week we continue our three-part hymn story series with “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” This hymn reminds us that when we feel alone or unloved, we can be confident...
Onward, Christian Soldiers
“Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world.” John 17:18 NLT “He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better...
The Alpha and the Omega . . . and Pi
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” Revelation 22:13 ESV “While no mathematician can fully write out the endless series of digits that comprise pi, it is nonetheless vitally important for calculations made by engineers, inventors, artists, and even chefs. Like...
God’s Gentle Whisper
“The Lord said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in...