“The season of Advent tells us afresh every year that God comes, but the season DOESN’T TELL US HE COMES THE SAME WAY ALL THE TIME.”
Respond to the Squeeze
“The one who promised us to never leave us nor forsake us also beckons us to trust he will provide us signs of encouragement and manifestations of his grace in the midst of, or despite, the good or the bad.”
Christ Is King
“The kings and authorities of this world fall short in all their efforts to govern if they refuse to receive his grace and share his truth. He is our king, and we pledge our loyalties and faith to no other seat of power in this world.”
The Lord Remembers
“How often do we pray with this being the first impression on our minds without expressing it: LORD, DO YOU REMEMBER ME?”
What Did the Widows Contribute?
“She was willing to be generous with what little she had, trusting that Elijah’s word that neither the oil nor the meal would run out, was indeed the word of the Lord. SHE TRUSTED IN THE WORD OF THE LORD.”
Persuaded
“Everything we do as Christians, everything we experience – good and bad, everything we witness that is hopeful or discouraging is in the shadow of the resurrected Lamb of God. EVERYTHING.”
A World Series Sermon
“Jesus, in this lesson to his disciples, puts this argument about who was greatest, who was the Goat, in a Kingdom context. To be the greatest, you must become the least and the servant of all BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT JESUS DID.”
Where Healing Is Found
“Amidst all that WE ARE and all that we’re not, all WE SHARE and all we keep to ourselves, all WE HAVE in common and all we have not in common, the consistent, common plead WE ALL EXPRESS is, ‘Jesus, help us.'”
The Spirit Leads
“‘Experiences of the Holy Spirit not only warms our hearts; it also strengthens our hands and puts our feet in motion. . . In these activities, God is busy acting upon us, placing something into our empty hands, enlivening our cold hearts, enabling us to be transformed in ways that we could never be on our own.'”
More Stubborn Than Righteous
“The Pharisees were more stubborn than righteous in confronting Jesus, and the disciples were prone to be more stubborn than righteous to defend Jesus from a waste of time in blessing children. WHAT ABOUT US? ARE WE MORE STUBBORN THAN RIGHTEOUS.”
Psalm 102 in The Message 