So how has Lent been for you? Have you deepened your relationship with God? Have you grown in your faith? My Lent has been one of challenges and deep moments with God. I have seen some of the darkest moments of my life, here and now and from my past, but the light is thatContinue reading “What has your experience been?”
Category Archives: Discipleship
A Prayer for the Day
O dear daddy God help me to love as you love, to not judge or ridicule, to be as my brother, Jesus. This is my prayer- U increase I decrease
What will you be when you grow up?
Did you ever wonder what you were going to be when you grow up? Some of us are probably still wondering what we will be when we grow up. We dream about being astronauts, or firemen or women, or police men or women, or the President of the United States. Maybe we wanted to beContinue reading “What will you be when you grow up?”
Dwell and rest
What do I have to do today? Where is the to do list so I can get started? I need to accomplish the first 10 things on my list before noon… Been there? Sound like you this morning? or every morning? We are in a hurry up and get it done society. We have easyContinue reading “Dwell and rest”
For God so Loved…
My devotions for today included the gospel reading of John 3:16-21… Of course we all know John 3:16 – For God so loved the World that He sent His only Son… We see it at sporting events, and every where. This is one of the verses that almost everybody knows, but do any of usContinue reading “For God so Loved…”
Nicodemus…
Nicodemus like many sometimes get a bad rap… He comes to Jesus under the cover of darkness to ask his questions, because he could not risk asking them in the light of day. He had the thought that Jesus was who he said he was, who the people said he was, but his position asContinue reading “Nicodemus…”
Freed to serve…
So why are we here? Many of us probably wondered this from time to time. Why are we here? Are we suppose to do something? Does somebody have a plan for us? I am wired that I want to know what I need to do and get it done. So I want to know whatContinue reading “Freed to serve…”
Wandering?
“One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD,” Moses told the people. They had been wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. 40 years of wandering because they did not trust in the Lord. They built a golden calf and worshipped it, and theyContinue reading “Wandering?”
Come and See
“Come and see,” Jesus said to the disciples of John who came after him. Come and see. A physical invitation and yet so much more. How many of us get caught up in the physical aspect of the actual written word, so much that we miss the meaning behind it? I read a great devotionContinue reading “Come and See”
What do they see?
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”” (John 13:34–35 ESV) When the world looks at the church, what do theyContinue reading “What do they see?”