Don’t brood over an offense – speak directly and privately What can we learn from Jesus’ instructions about how to mend a damaged relationship (Matthew 18:15-20)? If you feel you have been wronged by someone, Jesus says the first step is to speak directly but privately to the individual who has done the harm. One … More Sunday Meditation: Don’t Linger
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with … More Monday Morning Meditation: Open Doors and Prosper
The last apostle to meet the resurrected Lord was the first to go with him to Jerusalem at Passover time. The apostle Thomas was a natural pessimist. When Jesus proposed that they visit Lazarus after receiving news of his illness, Thomas said to the disciples: “Let us also go, that we may die with him” … More Sunday Meditation: Believe
What can shepherding teach us about God and our relationship with him? At the end of each day the shepherd brought his sheep into shelter. They knew the voice of their shepherd and came at his beckoning. So familiar was the shepherd and his sheep, that each was called by a distinct name. In the … More Sunday Meditation: Follow The Shepherd
Jesus tells his disciples that they can believe the words he speaks because God the Father has poured his Spirit on him in full measure, without keeping anything back. The function of the Holy Spirit is to reveal God’s truth to us. When we receive the Holy Spirit he enables us to recognize and understand … More Sunday Meditation: Choose Your Road
Technology has some wonderful benefits. Almost half of cell owners have slept with their phone next to their bed because they wanted to make sure they didn’t miss any calls. Turning off social media and finding contentment in our present space is a welcome skill. Studies have shown that eyestrain and other painful optic symptoms, like twitching, … More Truthful Talk Thursday: It’s OKAY to Unplug
Renowned worldview researcher George Barna of the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University released the third of twelve groundbreaking, bi-weekly reports regarding the worldview of Americans on Tuesday and the research continues to reveal startling, if not disheartening, results. The latest revelations from Barna’s American Worldview Inventory include the finding that only half of … More Americans Losing Grip on Basic Faith Tenets
Jesus did something which only love and trust can do. He commissioned his weak and timid apostles to bring the good news of the Gospel to the ends of the earth. This sending out of the disciples is parallel to the sending out of Jesus by his heavenly Father. Jesus fulfilled his mission through his … More Sunday Meditation: Love One Another
Do you know the love that conquers every fear, sin, and selfish desire? God renews his love for us each and every day. His love has the power to free us from every form of evil – selfishness, greed, anger, hatred, jealously and envy. In Jesus’ teaching on the law he does something quite remarkable … More Sunday Meditation: Pray For Your Enemies
