Read: Mark 5:1-20 & Mark 6:53-56 What does obedience to God look like? Obedience to God looks different for every believer because we are all on a unique path. For some, obedience looks like taking a new job. For others, it looks like turning down a new job. For some, obedience looks like packing up [...] Read the Rest
READ Genesis 22:1-18 WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT THE WORD OBEDIENCE, I THINK OF REPELLING. “What?” you say? Let me explain. When I was in high school, I had the opportunity to participate in a repelling trip in West Virginia. The descent was well over 100 feet, and for a person like me who was deathly afraid of heights, [...] Read the Rest
READ 1 Kings 19:1-18 SILENCE AND SOLITUDE. The thought of engaging in these two activities often bring a sense of uneasiness to Christians, even those that have been walking with Jesus for most of their lives. We know we should do them, but we are not sure how (or maybe even why). As mentioned in the [...] Read the Rest
READ Luke 11:1-13 DOES GOD STILL SPEAK TO US? As Christians, we believe that God has spoken to and through the authors of the bible, and that much of what God desires to teach us about Himself is contained in its pages. But, we might ask, does the desire to speak to His children still [...] Read the Rest
READ: Matthew 26:36-46 Which comes first—surrendering to God or praying to God? Can you really pray to God without first surrendering to the truth that His plans for your life are better than your plans? And yet, how can you surrender to God without asking for His help to do so? I’m no theologian, and questions [...] Read the Rest
READ: John 15: 1-5 Surrender. What comes to your mind when you read that word? Victory? Success? Not likely. Surrender is not a very popular word in our independent and competitive culture. It implies giving up, being defeated, or losing. Rick Warren tells us that many don’t like the word surrender because “it implies losing, and [...] Read the Rest
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