God Provides

God, who created the world and all that is in it, created you. His love and care for the world, and for you, is evident in the details. There’s a great picture of this in 1 Kings 17:1-5. In this passage, Elijah the prophet told Ahab, King of Israel, “As the LORD, the God of […]

Unconditional Obedience

The preaching was powerful. People were coming to Christ, and yet God called him to leave it behind to pursue one man. It doesn’t make sense to me, yet that’s what he asked Philip to do. In Acts 8:25-40, Philip is heading back to Jerusalem and “preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans […]

When God is Plan B

Contingency plans are a part of life. It’s when we have a backup plan in case our initial plan doesn’t work out. How many times do we make Jesus the contingency plan when things in our life don’t go according to our expectations? Instead of starting out trusting God in whatever happens and abiding in […]