Making it Practical

Following Jesus in today’s world can be challenging. But living according to Jesus’ teaching is incredibly worthwhile. Call it life-changing.

Learn a Bible Study method: Journey into a Post-Resurrection Story in John 21

Bible Study Method

Bring life to your scripture reading with this Bible study method. Let’s explore a story together and see what we discover?

Lesson from Dad: Loving Hard to Love People

hard to love

We all know someone who is hard to love. We avoid them. We hang on to bitterness. Dad taught me that the time is now to extend God’s mercy and compassion.

God’s Timing: Waiting with Doubting Thomas

doubting thomas

Doubting Thomas needs to see Jesus for himself. Can we relate as Thomas listens to his friends’ exuberant stories and waits for his own encounter?

Costly Sacrifice: Essential for Loving like Jesus

costly sacrifice

It’s easy to love the people we like, but we all have that one person who challenges us – the antagonist. What does Jesus teach about loving that person? Warning: it is a costly sacrifice.

Welcome the King: Submit to Jesus as Lord

Submit to Jesus as Lord

Most of us can’t imagine life under a king. Submission, surrender, and obedience conjure negative images. We prefer to call Jesus Lord rather than King, but the titles are interchangeable. Submit to King Jesus – what does that mean?

Anointing Jesus with Extravagant Love: Mary’s Undeterred Worship

Extravagant love

Mary of Bethany expressed extravagant love for Jesus as she anointed His head and feet with expensive perfume. Join the dinner party and learn from her worship.

A Prayer Request Gone Wrong: Aligning Your Request with God’s Will

what do you want kingdom values

Can we compare two prayer requests? The author of Mark points to the comparison by repeating “What do you want?” in two adjacent stories. What do we learn?

3 Questions to Grow Relationship during Lent

Grow Relationship

Do you doubt whether God loves you based on some past behavior? Do you wonder if you’ve done enough to make up for it? Grow your relationship with God and learn to trust that His love is unconditional.

Why is the Church called the Body of Christ?

Body of Christ

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Romans 12:4-5 (NIV) She rose from the chair to answer the doorbell and ended up…

Pray These 5 Words Daily

These 5 Words

Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 (NIV) My body relaxes even before I think the words. Simply anticipating them, my shoulders fall, my torso tilts forward and my head dips in reverence. All tension falls away as I turn the eyes of my heart toward Jesus and pray these 5 words:…

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Each post is a brief scriptural thought that will grow as you let it take root in your thoughts.  If you have time, dig into one area of interest and plant a whole garden.
Each post is a brief scriptural thought that will grow as you let it take root in your thoughts. If you have time, dig into one area of interest and plant a whole garden.

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