When you’re weary, trust that God’s grace is enough to renew you. Read Jeremiah 31:25
Ephesians 2:1-10 What you are becoming can be more important than what you are doing. Faith in the risen Savior is not about tasks. Our call to discipleship isn’t about getting credit for the religious things we do. Filling our calendars with more activities does not equate faithfulness. It may even be getting in…
2 Corinthians 8:8-15 I once opened a sermon by telling the congregation I was going to talk about the “M” word. Yes, the “M” word makes a lot of church people uncomfortable, I know. But in that moment, it was an important word the people needed to hear. The “M” word, of course, was…
Holiness takes practice. Read Philippians 4:9
Luke 20:45-21:4 Beware of religious show offs. That’s not exactly how Jesus put it. That’s just how I interpret it. We’ve all probably known a few before. They’ve been with us forever. We read of God’s anger against them in many Old Testament passages. They were there with Jesus and some may sit close…
You don’t make Jesus Lord; he is Lord. You choose to live in submission to authority over all creation. Read Acts 4:12