“So, Mr. Ron, it occurred to me: If you is fishin for a friend you just gon’ catch and release, then I ain’t got no desire to be your friend. … But if you is lookin for a real friend, then I’ll be one. Forever.” R. Hall & D. Moore, Same KInd of Different as…
You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:8-9 NLT We talk about reflection and repentance during the season of Lent, making…
We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 NIV What does growing up in our faith mean? Peter writes in his letter that we are to…
Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves?Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords…
Lent is a time for discipline, for confession, for honesty, not because God is mean or fault- finding or finger-pointing but because he wants us to know the joy of being cleaned out, ready for all the good things he now has in store. NT Wright Leaving Nazareth, [Jesus] went and lived in Capernaum ……
But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth hush and be silent before Him. Habakkuk 2:20 AMP We are a noisy generation. Or maybe I am just old and grumpy. Music blares everywhere – department stores, supermarkets, restaurants, malls, and sometimes even gas stations. If the music is not floating through the air, then we…