Will You Leave Your Comfortable Pew?
I was in my late 40s. I was lost and even if I didn’t know it, God did. He wouldn’t give up on me.
When You’re Lost & Without Hope
Many in the world live with a sense of hopelessness every day. Even more frightening, however, is to be without hope of an eternal future.
Where do You Store Your Treasures?
We’ve all heard the saying, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” While an Internet search revealed several origins for this expression, one source says the phrase seems to have taken off since the 1960s.
The Most Beautiful Words in Any Language
With the proliferation of social media, words are even more important. We say much but are our words designed to uplift or tear down?
Love Never Fails in God’s Kingdom
It’s quite common to see someone standing on the side of the road holding a sign. In this case, however, the man holding the large sign was not asking for anything. Not food. Not money. Not a job. Nothing.
Glimpsing God’s Love at Work Every Day
Isaiah 46:4 says, “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” That’s love.
What Does God Want?
Another way to look at Luke 9:24-25 might be, “Less of what I want” and more of “What do you suppose God wants?”
Would You Drop Your Net and Follow Jesus?
“As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’ At once they left their nets and followed him”— Matthew 4:18-20(NIV). Our Sunday school class is currently studying the gospel of Matthew. Recently, we read the passages about Jesus calling the first disciples to follow Him. We began to wonder why these working-class men would drop their fishing nets, walk away from their …
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