Summarize the passage by asking Who? What? When? Where? Why? Read Matthew 4:12-33 PERSONAL REFLECTION RECALLING THE MESSAGE WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS Pray for churches that are near closing. Ask God to bring healing and hope through this difficult time. Pray that prayer becomes and remains a foundation element of your church. SCRIPTURE TO HEART…
1 Samuel 9:27-10:8 Before Saul was king, he was a boy looking for his father’s donkeys (1 Samuel 9:3). When he couldn’t find them, he visited the man of God, or the seer, for direction (1 Samuel 9:6). The seer was Samuel who gave Saul directions for something else. Samuel anointed Saul and assured…
Bitterness only creates more burdens. Read Hebrews 12:15
Psalm 27:1-6 I’m on board with livestreaming Sunday worship until I’m not. It was only a few years ago we had to convince churches to give it a shot. That it might be useful in nurturing the connection of a church. A lot of churches today would probably do well getting rid of their…
God will let you do what you want to do even if it’s not what God wants you to do. Read Genesis 2:16-17
Matthew 9:14-17 Did Jesus have the talk with his disciples? The fasting talk? Did he sit with them and explain that, when it came to fasting, they would be different? They would not fast at all! For sure they knew other rabbis and disciples fasted. It was a holy act of devotion. They could’ve…