I have often heard people talk about the God of the Bible – how we know who he is by what he does. We see the many times that God provided for his people – the ram for Abraham’s sacrifice, in the desert when Israel was wandering, his instruction to Israel to provide for the [...]
Love
5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. - Phil. 2.5-7 ESV “We have to give [...]
I first read The Shack by William Young earlier this year. My husband, Shannon, had heard a preacher talking against the book and decided to check into it. He read the first chapter online and decided to buy the book. He and I read the book together and really enjoyed the story. Since then, we [...]
Last night, our pastor (Robert Barnes) had us to think of one situation in our lives in which we need God to move and change things. He then spoke about the power of Jesus to heal, deliver, conquer, save, love, create, etc. and asked us when we thought about that thing on Monday (today) to [...]
I just wanted to post some thoughts I have had today about something that Laura Seals (our wonderful, talented Sunday School teacher) mentioned in her lesson today. We are studying the story of Job, and she brought out that Job took his position as a father seriously – even to the point that after his [...]
I am quite disturbed by a trend I have noticed among many people my age (20-30) or even older. It seems that we oftentimes feel we must have what our parents have – house, new cars, boat, etc. – immediately. We fail to realize that our parents have worked a lifetime for their belongings, but [...]
Since we have lost our previous posts, we want to make available something to read in the meanwhile; hence, I’m posting a past study that I did on Mark 10.17-22. This study was an assignment that I had for a seminary class a few years ago (click the link below). Hope it’s a blessing. [...]
