Have you ever lost something and searched high and low for it? Back when the boys were young, Brandie lost one of her favorite bracelets while we were on a trip and we looked everywhere for it. It was gone. Upon arriving home, we were unpacking the car seat from it's travel bag and what was at the bottom of the bag her bracelet! We couldn't believe it. We had stopped searc...
Keep Reading Keeping secrets is hard and it is bad for your health. Psychologists have studied people who had keep secrets and found that when a person is trying to hide something, he or she thinks about that thing far more than other issues in their life and their happiness suffered because of it. This is a great truth to set us free. The book of Zephaniah is a great guide for us as w...
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Tests! As a child, I always hated "fill in the blank" tests because they required the most study. The blank always represented the unknown, especially with a lack of study. This Sunday we will look at Jesus' final prayer from the cross: "Into your hands I commit my spirit." After He uttered these words, His head dropped in death. It was finished, accomplished, completed. W...
Keep Reading Have you thought something wasn't "big enough" to pray about? Or, maybe it was "too big" to pray about? Either way, God wouldn't answer you. As we look at the Scripture, God is clear that we are to pray for all things. He calls us to praise and adore Him; intercede for others; confess our sin; bring our concerns to Him; and listen to Him. In the book of James, we see a sho...
Keep Reading From 2001-2009 I had the privilege of officiating nearly 70 wedding ceremonies, including a couple from our church. In nearly half of those weddings I challenged couples to live out the prayer that Jesus prays for all of his followers that they would be united, living in harmony. Before marriage, the idea of unity and harmony sound easy enough, but the reality is, asking ...
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