The parable of the Prodigal Son, is one most of us are familiar with, at least in passing. At some point we’ve heard a sermon on the prodigal son, or done a Bible study on the Prodigal son, or perhaps stumbled upon it while reading your Bible. You remember the story of an older son …
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Paul’s shipwreck in the Bible isn’t one we tend to hear a lot about in church, but it’s a story that we can take so much away from. It’s an incredible story of enduring someone else’s storm, and the consequences it brings, while holding firmly to our faith. It stands a beacon through time to …
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Finding God when you feel broken and abandoned is something we all face at some point in our lives. When we are reeling from a great loss when life doesn’t go our way and we find ourselves trying to piece the remnants back together again. You’ve been in the storm for what feels like …
I’m a planner. I like lists, I have stashes of sticky notes around the office to keep track of my priorities and ensure the most important stuff gets done before the important. Have you ever noticed in the Bible His priorities aren’t always what we think is most important?
The wind buffets your face, drawing tears to our eyes with its harsh brutality. It mocks us as another wave draws near threatening to devour you. Your hands strain at the oars in a useless attempt against the power of the storm. Your raw hands tremble, and your soul is weary, your heart aches.
The story of Jacob in the Bible and his encounter with God is a powerful reminder of who God is when we are going through a storm. Jacob had made some poor choices which caused him to flee his family, and home to save his life. Through the story of Jacob’s ladder, we get a …
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Only He knows where to meet us, only He knows where to break through the walls imprisoning us. Only He can find us when everyone else has given up. Only He journeys out- only God stops everything to seek us out.
It’s easy to tout God will never give me more than I can handle, when life is great. But what about when the fire starts to burn? When your life is disintegrating in a pillar of smoke. When you stand as Job did with suddenly empty hands, and you feel all alone. Is God with …
In the darkness of Good Friday, it’s easy to ask why God has abandoned us -in the wake of broken dreams nailed to a tree, in the face of tragedy that struck out of nowhere in the breathtaking triumph of evil that leaves us speechless- as a hammer prepares to strike a nail that will pierce the Savior. The story of the birth of Christ that we just celebrated a few months back comes to a crushing, agonizing stop.
Judges 6 is a well-known Bible story, it’s in this chapter that we meet Gideon in the Bible in a rather unassuming way. The men and women throughout the pages of the book of Judges always show up with little fanfare, and we are immediately tossed into their story as they step into a leadership …
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