Tag: trust

  • Salvation of Becoming

    Psalm 2; Isaiah 2:1-4; Isaiah 56:1-8; Luke 2:41-52 Many people have taught and believed that once a person prays the Sinner’s Prayer that they are safe from Hell. The most famous one was used by Billy Graham to lead people to Christ. It is: Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and…

  • Tenth Day of Christmas

    Psalm 68, Genesis 28:10-22, Hebrews 11:13-22 How often do we look at the world asking, “what’s wrong with the world today?” How often do we look around ourselves asking, “what’s wrong with everyone?” How often do we look at ourselves in the mirror asking, “what’s wrong with me?” Often this question comes when we feel…

  • Seventh Day of Christmas — New Year’s Eve

    Psalm 103, 1 Samuel 4:1-22, Isaiah 43:14-25 Imagine being someplace you’ve never been and driving down the road only looking at the rear-view mirror. Your peripheral vision would catch some of the more dangerous things, but you would miss a lot. All too often we go through life this way. You may not have escaped…

  • Foundations and Firmaments

    Psalm 148, Colossians 3:12-17, Luke 2:41-52 What are your thoughts when reading Psalm 149? Do you ever think of all of Creation praising God, the Creator? If you haven’t seen Louie Giglio’s Stars and Whales (link below), I strongly recommend it. To think that it is not just us (human beings) that are called and…

  • A Child-Like Gift

    Psalm 26, Matthew 18:1-4, James 4:7-12 A child-like faith. That is the greatest gift an adult could ask for. All too often, however, we get caught up in our own heads, hearts and hurts. A child can look to God in faith and trust. We are not talking naiveite or ignorance. We are talking about…

  • Saturday before the Fourth Sunday of Advent

    Saturday before the Fourth Sunday of Advent

    Psalm 36, Psalm 42, Psalm 52 We see people all around us who do not believe in God. There are those who know of God, but do not have a relationship with God. There are those whose relationship with God has been confused by the world or others. There are those who knew God, and…

  • Trusting Joy

    Trusting Joy

    It’s when no one is cheering, or people are even grumbling or threatening those who do right, that we come to the hard part of living out our faith.

  • Monday after the First Sunday of Advent

    Monday after the First Sunday of Advent

    Job 8:13-18, Psalm 62:5-8, 2 Peter 3:1-18 “…the hope of the godless will perish.” Job 8:13 “Rest in God alone…for my hope comes from him.” Psalm 62:5 “The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.” 2…