Scripture: John 15:12-13 “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” Observation: It’s easy for life, tasks mainly, to get in the way of this command. Application: Focus on people! Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for [...]
Scripture: John 13:3 “Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God.” Observation: We just did a mini study on this verse working through Leadership Essentials, a workbook the staff is going through. The focus was about the servant heart of [...]
Scripture: John 9-11: Jesus heals a blind man, claims to be the Son of God, and raises Lazarus from the dead. Observation: Several weeks ago I was at Todd and Laura’s house and one of the evenings I asked Finn if he would read to me; I was quite surprised when he lugged over a [...]
Scripture: 2 Peter 1:4 “[By Christ's power] he has promised that you will escape the decadence around you caused by evil desires and that you will share in his divine nature.” Observation: Here’s another example of when the NLT differs from the other major interpretations, but I like this one. Essentially others say “escape corruption [...]
Scripture: James 3:2 “We all make many mistakes, but those who control their tongues can also control themselves in every other way.” Observation: James calls out the importance of controlling your tongue in the rest of chapter 3, but I like that he starts it off with this benefit: if you can learn to do [...]
Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2 ” …let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus…” Observation: It’s so easy to get bogged down. I get wrapped up in myself, in others, in trifles; there are small things, big things, global things. Everything is vying for [...]
Scripture: Hebrews 3:13 “You must warn each other every day, as long as it is called “today, so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.” Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our innermost [...]