“Confession and repentance are a good gift.” I believe what God wants us to recognize, maybe for the first time or maybe as a reminder, that confession and repentance are an amazing gift, they are grace. I have the picture of those places that hand out the little sample on toothpicks. They want you to… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 6/10/25
The Intentionality of Jesus Love I’m defining intentionality as, done freely, on purpose, and by design. There’s something powerful about intentionality, when something is done on purpose. When something is done intentionally it adds weight to what was done. We experience something very powerful and dynamic when someone freely and intentionally chooses us to be… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 4/22/25
Controlling Love (part 2) “For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 4/15/25
“Controlling Love” What is it that is controlling your life? What controls the decisions you make? Where you go? What you do? How you use your time, resources, money? Where you live? Where you work? How you work? How you parent? How you do marriage or singleness? What controls the way you treat other people?… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 4/8/25
“We do not lose heart.” Paul claims in these verses to have found the remedy for an experience that virtually everyone in the world wants to have. I’m referring to verse 16: “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” And I… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 2/10/25
Abounding in Hope What is the engine of your life? What is it that influences the actions and reactions, decisions, and emotions of your life? What is it that determines how you live right here, right now? I believe it is hope. The way we often use the word hope means wishful thinking for the… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 12/17/24
No Longer a slave to the fear of death. Thanatophobia (fear of death) “And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.” Hebrews 9:27 ESV Is there any hope to be delivered from the fear of death? Hebrews 2:14-18 Christ came to deliver you from the fear of… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 11/29/24
Weekly Reflection – “The Key that Opens the Door” 2 Chronicles 16:7-10 “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him…” (2 Chronicles 16:9 ESV) This gives us a picture of God’s intense attentiveness and eagerness to show… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 11/19/24
November 6, 2024 “Don’t miss the forest for the trees.” - Made to be with Jesus. - Acts 4:1-22 I propose that the ultimate reason for our existence is to glorify God by being with Him and enjoying Him. First, what do you think about that statement? Second, if this statement is correct how does,… Continue reading Gather. Grow. Go Questions 11.6.24
"What’s stopping you?" Have you ever really wanted to do something but never actually carried it out? Like, a real desire to eat healthier. Or to read your Bible more or pray more. What is the reason we sometimes don’t accomplish the things we desire to do? It seems that the reason must be there… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 11/5/24
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