Psalm 107:14 “He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom; he broke away their chains.” This is so good for me to hear this morning. I need to know that this God is the kind of God that will bring me out of the pit and break away the chains that try to [...]
Archive for July, 2007
John 1:11 “He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.” I wonder how often this happens in my life; I wonder how often I am blinded by my own desires and concerns that I do not see Jesus dwelling among me. I wonder how often Jesus meets me [...]
A life group is simply a place for us to grow closer to God and closer to each other through fellowship, study of the scriptures, and sharing God’s love with the world around us. For when we grow closer to God and closer to each other we experience LIFE, and when we experience LIFE, we want [...]
Isaiah 46:3-4–>Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since you were conceived, and have carried you since your birth. Even to you old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you [...]
Hebrews 10:23–>Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Our culture screams and tries to portray a false hope that is based upon optimism. Namely, in some way we are able to produce a “good” life for ourselves and family. Then, if something goes wrong, we are responsible [...]
Psalm 44:3 ”It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm and the light of your face, for you loved them.” Everywhere we look around us screams, “what you have (or don’t have); the life you live (or don’t [...]
Micah 7:7–>But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my savior; my God will hear me. The first thing I want to do in the face of opposition, hardship, distress, conflict, etc is act. I want to take matters into my own hands; I want to fix the [...]
Isaiah 29:13–>The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.” We are programmed through our culture that our value, worth, belonging, etc is about a set [...]
Isaiah 26:13-14a It is so easy for us to get fixated upon our own time and space as if we live in an infinite time period that is bound up for all of eternity. This image is because we are wrapped up in ourselves and one thing that it produces is we begin to look [...]
Yesterday, my wife and l, along with a couple of friends had some of the staff from rockfish camp come and eat with us. These counselors worked all week (Sunday @ 4 to Saturday @ 10) and then they had 24 hours off and then start another camp today. These counselors are working like this [...]
