Leviticus 2:13 & Mark 9:50 {Prayer} The number one, most important ingredient for seasoning is … salt. While salt has it own unique taste, as a seasoning … it is like a chameleon in that can blend and balance a recipe’s flavor together like no other. Salt can reduce bitterness, increase and enhance…
Exodus 16:1-17 {Prayer} The season of Advent is a sacred time of anticipation and preparation. It’s a season of comings and goings, of traveling to visit loved ones, to return to places and people to whom we feel a belonging to. Songs of the season speak of these travels in joyous language. “Over…
John 18:33-37 {Prayer} Before I left for my hunting vacation this past week, I had this image of a compass in mind for today’s message. Now, I’m typically good with directions, especially when hunting in familiar terrain. But at my father-in-law’s farm, even at his house, I get completely turned around. I know…
Daniel 12:1-3 {Prayer} We’re starting to see it more and more. These eerie scenes, as if some kind of mass catastrophe unfolded overnight. It’s like a scene right out of a horror or sci-fi movie. Once vibrant figures now lie scattered across the ground, limp and lifeless. Just hours before, there had been…
1 Kings 17:8-24 {Prayer} Have you ever been driving and seen the low fuel light come on? For some of us, it happens more than we’d care to admit. I will admit, I’ve had the light come on a few times. But with our newer vehicles that tell us how far we…
Hebrews 4:1-13 {Prayer} Out on of our morning walks this past week, I told Jessica that I was going to be preaching on rest. She laughed at me and then said, “Who are you to be talking about rest?” In return I chuckled and was like, “Yeah, you’re probably right.” And while she…
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 {Prayer} As time goes on, as different technological advances are made and with that, some things are becoming lost arts. For example … fewer and fewer people are writing letters. With fewer and fewer people writing letters or writing things out in general, other things are disappearing like calligraphy, cursive,…
Luke 1:38 {Prayer} The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was passed by Congress on September 16, 1940. It required all men between the ages of 21 and 35 to register with the Selective Service. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the naval base at Pearl…
Revelation 12:7-12 {Prayer} As you drive down a road, down the interstate, or even as you approach an intersection, you may see a small roadside shrine. Now what do I mean by that. Well, these roadside shrines are markers symbolizing loss. These markers are telling us when and where a person’s life journey…
Genesis 11:1-9 {Prayer} Of all the different remodeling projects that people take on, the bathroom and the kitchen are the most expensive. So to cut some costs, some try to tackle the project on their own. And as with any remodeling, do it yourself project, time is always a factor. So, let’s…