Sunday Praise

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;Let those who love Your salvation say continually,“The LORD be magnified!” – Psalm 46:16, NASB

No Offense

There’s an interesting line in Matthew 17:24-27. In verse 27, Jesus said, “So we do not offend them.” It’s a cautionary statement for us to note. Even though Jesus is in the right, he is still sensitive to those who question what he is doing. In this passage, the collectors of the temple tax ask […]

Confronting Doubt in God

It’s a difficult thing to trust someone, particularly if it’s something that is important to you. Yet it is a powerful thing when we can trust someone with our life. That level of trust says a lot about what we think of that person. Proverbs 3:5 tells us to “Trust in the LORD with all […]

Sunday Praise

Why, my soul, are you downcast?Why so disturbed within me?Put your hope in God,for I will yet praise him,my Savior and my God. – Psalm 42:11, NIV

Building Up, Not Tearing Down

The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear? Proverbs 18:14 (NIV) How does a spirit get broken? Too often by the words and deeds of others. What we do to others can either build up their spirit or crush it. When the spirit of another is broken, it can […]

Image Bearers

It’s a phrase you hear when people look at children or a baby and their parents. “She looks like her father,” or “he looks like his mother.” Children are the image bearers of their parents. It’s a trait that goes back to Adam and Eve. Genesis 5:1 tells us, “When God created mankind, he made […]

Sunday Praise

This morning I am resuming weekly posts focused on praising God each Sunday morning. As we begin the week, let us lift our hands in honor of our loving God. “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.” – Revelation 4:8 (NASB)

Awaken in Case of an Emergency

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. – Matthew 8:24, NASB When you are surrounded by a raging storm in your life, how do you respond? Are you like Jesus, asleep in the boat while the waves […]

Compassion in Grief

When we suffer loss, the grief can be overwhelming. Jesus felt that same pain when he learned that his cousin John the Baptist was beheaded by Herod. “Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself (Matthew 14:13).” It’s hard to see God’s purpose in […]

BOGO Faith

On a recent shopping trip I saw a BOGO (buy one get one free) sale. It made me stop and take notice. Two for the price of one is better than just one. That led me think of Ecclesiastes 4:9: “Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor (NASB).” […]