Six Reminders from the Lord’s Prayer
While not an exhaustive list, the examples in the Lord’s Prayer expound for us what trust in God looks like and its significance in our daily lives.
Continue ReadingThe Germ of Pridefulness
At the root of that disobedience was the germ of an idea, that God wasn’t to be trusted, that Adam and Eve knew better than God.
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With Jesus at the center of this group of twelve, their common love for Christ, the Kingdom of God, and each other was the gravity that kept them united.
Continue ReadingWhiter Than Snow
All the hard edges visible on even a moonless night disappear under the thick cover of new snowfall. Snow softens all sharpness and conceals all mistakes.
Continue ReadingRiver of Life
We are to be trees that bury deep roots into the riverbank of the Scriptures so we might bear abundant fruit of the Spirit and show off the lush foliage of the Gospel in our lives to all who see us.
Continue ReadingPsalm 91
Take time this Sabbath to meditate on today’s passage from Psalm 91:1–2, 9–16.
Continue ReadingThe Strange Command of Christ
Of all the commands Jesus gives us, none seems so otherworldly and strange as this one. Utterly unnatural to human nature, it seems like such a hard thing, because it really is.
Continue ReadingOf Limes and Lives
We may perform what look like righteous deeds, but our hearts could be far from God – looking good on the outside but dried up on the inside.
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