The Lady walked into the pastor’s office as a last ditch effort. No one in town had been able to help her, and every relationship she entered ended in disaster. Eugene Peterson had developed a reputation for healing relational disasters, so...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Your Most important Relationship We live in a crisis in our country. Nobody knows what a marriage is supposed to look like. More and more children can’t look to their parents – I’m not sure they ever could. The Apostle Paul...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
IF you know Jesus Grace is for you personally then you will have no problem with this last point – Jesus call is passionate. He calls us to a passionate love for him. I have been content to misunderstand this verse my entire life: 11 And...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When I say power I don’t mean that Jesus is blowing down doors and acting like Chuck Norris. I mean that he has authority, he is in charge. You can think of following Christ like a road trip. Jesus wants us with him, he is paying for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A girl once walked out into a yard sale her mother and neighbors were putting on and suddenly cried “hey, that’s mine.” She followed that with, “everything on this table is mine.” Her mother came over and told her she...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. 30 For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
22 And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Throughout this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We are afraid, worried or anxious because we do not believe God is our loving father, or because He is not our functional god. Let’s review Jesus teaching on money to this point: If you rightly fear God, you will never fear anything...[ abbreviated | read entire ]