Psalm 114:2 S–Judah became God’s sanctuary; Israel His dominion. H–As the author is remembering the mighty acts of God through the exodus and journey to the promise land this verse jumps out and grabs me this morning. I have never thought of God having a sanctuary; a place where God worships. So often I think [...]
Posts Tagged ‘crossroads’
Becoming God’s Sanctuary….today’s task
Posted: October 27, 2009 in discipleshipTags: crossroads, discipleship, Faith, jesus, sanctuary
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Hope vs. Optimism….the difference between followers of Jesus and positive thinkers.
Posted: October 26, 2009 in Hope, leadershipTags: crossroads, discipleship, Hope, jesus, leadership
Job 17:15 S–”Where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?” H–Job finds himself in the pit of despair; life is terrible; he’s ready to give up. Its easy to read this and also hear Paul situation in Acts 24-26. Job is experiencing a reality in life that sometimes life sucks and there is [...]
Focus is the task of majoring in the “essentials” and not the “minors”
Posted: October 22, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: acts, crossroads, essentails minors, focus, jesus, mission, vision
Acts 15:28 (majoring in the essentials) S–For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further burden then the essentials. H–there is already a temptation in the early church to become a bunch of rules and practices…..the exact thing that Israel was never able to live into [...]
Tragedy and Suffering…..is God punishing us like an angry school teacher keeping score?
Posted: October 20, 2009 in FaithTags: crossroads, god, jesus, job, punishment, suffering, tragedy
Below is how God is SHAPE (ing) me today. Job 6:8-9 S–O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire; that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! H–Here Job is crying out to God in despair; He is [...]
Trusting Jesus as our guide
Posted: September 8, 2009 in discipleship, FaithTags: crossroads, discipleship, Faith, found, jesus, lost
I am so hard headed when it comes to driving and directions. I don’t need a guide; in fact, that’s the one thing I try to avoid at all costs. This past spring I was out scouting for turkey season and I got turned around in this clear cut pine forest. It was really thick [...]
God’s Grace: The common trait we all share
Posted: August 25, 2009 in graceTags: birth, common characteristice, crossroads, grace, image of God, jesus, sin
Its funny how we are born with so many characteristics that are unique to us that stay with us throughout our lives. Cami is my middle child and right from the beginning she was a “live wire.” I can remember laying in bed awake all night long pleading with God to let her go to [...]
Knowing vs. Thinking….(it makes a world of difference)
Posted: April 22, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: crossroads, disciple, forgiveness, jesus, righteousness, sin
Matthew 9:13 “Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices. For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous but those who know they are sinners.” There is such a difference between “thinking” and “knowing” isn’t [...]
Church Planting: “Claiming the Land God is giving you”
Posted: March 18, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: church planting, crossroads, jesus, joshua, moses, new land, promise
Joshua 1:3 I promise you what I promised Moses: “Where ever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you.” This is one pretty awesome promise. “Where ever you set foot, you will be on land I haven given you.” For a church planter this is the kind of promise you [...]
Discipleship: “Do’s and Don’ts”
Posted: January 12, 2009 in discipleshipTags: crossroads, discipleship, do's, don'ts, jesus, rock, sand
George MacDonald says that for us to claim “belief” in Jesus but to never do something that Jesus asks or stop doing something that He tells us to that we are building our house on sand (echoes from Matthew 7). He says to ask the question, “when was the last time I did something because [...]
