Last week I talked about disappointment and how it can be a debilitating moment in our lives. The hurt and pain it causes. This week I would like to delve al little bit into doubt. Perhaps you have been taught that when you doubt as a believer shows a lack of faith. Thus when you […]
Along the way over the last year I slowly began to find a comfort zone…but not a good one. I was going through a routine that was really just about surviving. I was doing the Christian Checklist of things you are suppose to do but not really anything more than that. The past few months […]
Perhaps one of the saddest words for us in the English language is disappointment. This one word can cause us so much hurt, frustration, even resentment. When we disappoint someone for whom we care, we feel sorrow, frustration, sadness, a sense of failure. For those whom we disappoint they feel many of the same emotions […]
How can we know the Love of God? We say things like I love my wife, my mom, my pet or even that I love Pez candies and Peeps at Easter. How can we know the love of God when Love is used so many different ways for so many different things. On Wednesday, February […]
Grace and Humility. These two expressions of the Christian life are linked together in the life of each believer. Here are working definitions for each word. Grace – is the free and unmerited favor of God that is expressed to us through the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings. Humility – Free from […]
This semester, we began our College Cup Worship time with a series that has paralleled our relationship with God with that of Coffee. Last week we talked about the Aroma of Coffee and began looking at verses like 2 Corinthians 2:14-16: [14] But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal […]
Worship is a verb. It is active participation on the part of one giving worship. This part of worship has been stated over and again for my entire adult life. I have said it, you probably have said and too often we neglect it. We would rather have worship done for us, it’s easier that […]
Grace and Gratitude. As believers who desire to actively live for Christ these two must be demonstrated in our lives. I love what Dr. Selby preached two Sundays ago regarding this. It was something that my heart and soul needed to hear. Gratitude and grace fuels the Christian life. As we read and study the […]
This past weekend we took our Youth Ministry to SWBCA for our Winter Retreat as we set out to challenge our students to pursue Christ with single-minded devotion, discovering that the only love worth giving God is an undivided one. Thank you to our amazing leaders that went as well as those that provided food […]
Are you filled to overflowing? Well maybe, it just depends with what are you filled? Repeatedly in scripture God encourages us to fill our minds and hearts with the things from above. The Psalmist tells us “to taste and see that the Lord is good.” And again the psalmist says “Thy Word have I hid […]