Monday: 4/6/20
What’s in your way that’s making you think your growth is being hindered? if you can’t move upward, move outwards and spread your branches!
Written by: Shawn Walker
According to a recent study by Amazon, Philippians 4:6-7 is the most “highlighted” scripture in the Bible. Is there any question as to why?
Written by: Chris Benjamin
Most of us, generally believe we’re on the right path in life. However, all may seem well until the road twists and turns with anxiety, fear and worry. How did something so certain change so quickly?
Written by: Jalane Rolader
Maybe you have a lot on your plate right now. Maybe you’re unsure how the next bill will be paid. Take a lesson from some heroes of our faith and remember that God has a plan for you.
Written by: Chris Benjamin
Who are you allowing yourself to hear from? Who are you allowing to influence your life? God is our father and He wants us to recognize His voice at all times.
Written by: Shawn Walker
Even Jesus himself took time away from the noise of the crowds to get away to a solitary place to pray.
So, take a lesson from our Savior, and take time for yourself. Your life and the lives of others are depending on you to do so!
Written by: Glenda White
Each of us leave our fingerprints in this world; a record of who we were and what we did. Are they going to be the kind of fingerprints that shine the light of God’s love and grace?
Do you remember Mary and Martha from the tenth chapter of Luke? Mary is enjoying the company and teaching of Jesus while Martha spends His visit stressing over the preparations.
When I look at this story, I see the struggle that I face every day when work and worship collide. When doing seems far more important than dwelling.
Have you ever been desperate for God to show you a sign? Faith is, “the confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we don’t see.” The evidence of God is all around you, it’s up to you to have an open heart to see.
Rather than focusing on scientific details of the origin of life, the book of Genesis focuses on sharing the world’s purpose and how it’s meant to function.
The author, John Walton, says that the book of Genesis is telling us how God turned this house into a home.
When you go to a friend’s house, you aren’t concerned with how the foundation was poured or the layout of the plumbing. You’re more interested in how this space is used to bring loved ones together. In other words, you’re less focused on the “how” and more focused on the “why” of the house.
The book of Genesis is not a science textbook. It’s the first in a collection that share the story of God and His people.
In the Bible, when the woman with the issue of blood touched the hem of the Savior’s garment, Jesus already knew that she was going to touch Him. He already knew she was in the crowd. After all, He is God in the flesh. Now, while He could have pointed her out, Jesus asked, “Who touched Me?”
God wants us to ignore the crowd around us, look past the chaos, and approach His throne boldly. It could have been an unmentioned miracle, but Jesus would have this unnamed woman speak up publicly, for what she sought after and received from Him. Jesus said to her, “Your faith has made you whole,”. She wasn’t just made well, but WHOLE- completely restored.
So, what are you desperately believing God for? And what are you willing to risk? Whatever you do, be bold in your pursuit of God
A boy was told by his father not to play with his watch while he was away. However, not long after he left, the boy decided to just have a look. He put it on just like he always saw his dad and began playing around the house. Before long, he tripped, fell and landed on the watch. (glass break sounds)
When his dad came home, his son was nowhere in sight, hiding in shame for what he had done.
This isn’t a new story. Adam and Eve hid from God when they realized what they had done. Sin and guilt had drove a wedge between God and His children. So, He came as a man, to die in our place, so He could call His children home.
Sin had broken something. A watch, a relationship. But nothing is ever too broken for God.
