Just wanted to make sure it is clear and that we are all prepared for the upcoming session of Multiply. There is many posts giving instructions and directions, but here is a summary/outline. Get your Multiply book Bring book to Panera, Saturday March 9th (you don’t have to pre-read anything, unless you want to) Join…
Rejection, it is rooted in fear. It is associated with feelings such as helpless, discouragement, confused, bewildered, insignificant that can lead to insecurity, embarrassment, inadequacy, and shame. Recently a friend shared on a social media platform the following insights, and challenges… One quality I’ve been told I have is connecting with people. I’m genuine and…
The stories just seem to come in. The news continues to report of tragedy after tragedy. We know many near us battling some difficult times. Each of may even be in some difficult times where we struggle with quite times, with peace, with just being still. We can easily get frustrated and then we get…
Psalm 23 1The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are…
The word worship is widely misunderstood. Most people who hear the word worship immediately think of some kind of corporate, formal religious activity. Perhaps what comes to mind is a gathering of pilgrims to lay candles at the feet of Buddha; the singing of a hymn with a thousand fellow believers; or a gathering of…
We should be thankful for the people whom God places in our life. We should love them dearly. We should treat them with honor and respect. We should do all we can to maintain the unity and peace of our relationships with them. We should be willing to give to and serve them. We should be open to them as they speak…
Are you experiencing the schizophrenia of having eternity hardwired into your heart but living as if this moment is all there is? It is sad how many people constantly live in the schizophrenic craziness of eternity amnesia. We were created to live in a forever relationship with a forever God forever. We were designed to…
It never works to ask people to do for us what only God can do. It never works to wait for God to do what he has clearly called us to do. Here’s the principle: we can’t look horizontally for what we will get only vertically, and we can’t wait vertically for what we have…
You can gaze over the fence and covet another person’s life or tell yourself that God has blessed you in ways you never could have earned. Envy is not mentioned in either the old or new testaments, yet it is singled out as a moral failing particularly to be avoided by Christians. Envy is a…
Living in this present broken world is designed by God to produce longing, readiness, and hope in Him. It’s not natural for us to think about our lives in this way, but the difficulties we all face in this broken world are not in the way of God’s plan. No, they are part of it.…