When did we lose our wonder? When did we start seeing miracles as commonplace, and blessings as expected? When did grace cease to be amazing to us? Since I have returned from Haiti, these questions have been running through my mind, so this is what I have concluded. It seems to me that the church […]
I hardly know where to begin describing my trip to Haiti. My life will forever be changed by that experience. We arrived in Haiti Friday night around dinner time, so we picked our beds and went into the dining hall/ team center for our dinner. The next day, we didn’t really have a set […]
A Still More Excellent Way Today I will be speaking on 1 Corinthians 13, verses 1-7. Before I begin with chapter 13, I will summarize chapter 12. Chapter 12 talks about spiritual gifts and their usefulness and importance. In the conclusion of the chapter, 1 Corinthians 12:31 says,” And I will show you a still more […]
In the greatest love story of all time, Jesus sacrificed himself for us so that we could spend eternity with him. He died, and was buried so that we might live. But don’t ever forget, he didn’t stay there. “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.” […]
Have you ever felt defeated? Have you ever experienced something so tragic that you felt like you could never recover? I think every one of us has felt these things before. You look around you at all that is happening, and you ask, “God, how could you let such bad things happen to such a […]
Have you ever thought of what sets us as Christians apart from everyone else in this world? Is there something others see in us that, when they see us, they can’t help but notice there’s something different about us. I sincerely hope there is. “For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking […]
God is terrifying. His power is so infinitely vast that we cannot stand in his presence and survive. I don’t know about you but to me someone that powerful terrifies me. Isaiah 2:19 says,” Men will go into caves of the rocks and into holes of the ground before the terror of the LORD and […]
We are servants of God, doing everything in our power and His to serve His will. As long as we try our best and trust in God, He will be pleased with us and will use us. This is what I believed, but there is a flaw in this mentality. What happens when we fail […]
Life is hard. During the good times we feel like we are on top of the world, but when we descend back into the valleys we start to think ,” What good can there be in this world?” We realize that life isn’t easy, and we question where God has been during these times when we […]
God will never give you more than you can handle. Growing up I believed this common “christian” phrase meant to reassure us that we can overcome the obstacles put in front of us. But that’s not true. We cannot overcome the obstacles in front of us, whatever they may be, on our own. Thankfully we […]