We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair, persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed; 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 What does it feel like to feel forgotten? What’s it like to feel like nobody sees – nobody cares – nobody notices? Joseph went through many situations that would…
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1 The biggest hindrance in following Christ is our nagging need to be normal. It is the pressure to be…
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. Proverbs 14:12 In a time and culture where busyness and distractions present themselves constantly, How do we know what God is saying to us? How can we hear His voice through all of the “noise” of the world?…
Often, Christ followers are looking to re-capture a mountaintop feeling regarding their walk with Jesus. The truth is that we live normal, ordinary lives and are susceptible to the ups and downs that a “normal” life brings. The good news is that we are promised some extraordinary aspects that burst through the mundane and remind…
Why do we, as joint heirs with Jesus and all of the privileges that come with that, spend so much of our time searching for what the world offers? Join us as we look at how to be really miserable.
We live in a world that seems disconnected. We live in a world that at times is so separated and so isolated. We live in a world that at times feels uprooted from anything solid. But, God’s Word tells us that He plants in us a longing for belonging. We were not meant to do life all…
In a time when the world is calling for us to conform to its idea of what’s right and what’s wrong, the Bible teaches us a different way to respond. Instead of being taken over by the “storms”{ in our lives, we need to hold fast to the Rock of our salvation and stay in…
“Who do you say that I am?” Matthew 16:15 Jesus, in the midst of growing opposition and surrounded by crowds of people who liked him but did not understand him, did an unusual thing. He took his disciples north out of Israel into Gentile territory, to a place called Caesarea Philippi. And in Caesarea Philippi,…
A look at Lois and Eunice and the legacy they poured into Timothy
For the body of Christ – the Church, to be effective, it must be united in its message of the saving Gospel of Jesus.