For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 During this time, people are afraid… unsettled… anxious… It’s a time when people will skip church and play it safe. Schools are closed, sports have been suspended and the stores are empty. People are…
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 If we’re honest, we all have made some…
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Psalm 46:1-3 Where do you find hope? For some…
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 It’s Christmas again, and you think, same old, same old. We’ve heard the songs. We know the story.…
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 What we believe about God shapes our prayers. Prayer tests our…
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. Jonah 3:10 Jonah, known as the reluctant prophet, begins to go into Ninevah and does God’s work. Our God is a God…
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. Jonah 2:1-2 When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord,…
This phrase “descended into hell” is important so we can feel the weight of our sinfulness. It is our sin that held him there. It is our rebellion that held him there. We are dead in our trespasses and sins, and we are made alive in the resurrection of Christ. We were dead, and now…
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20 How are we supposed to respond to an unfriendly culture? Over the next couple weeks, we’re going to discover how to survive and thrive in a…