Luke 8:26-39 {Prayer} Around the beginning of the year, my e-mail and mail is flooded with promotional material from our health insurance company encouraging us to sign up for a program which will help us lead a healthier lifestyle. Whether it is this program our health insurance pushes or if it is some other…
John 8:48-59 {Prayer} “Who do you think you are?” Ever have that question asked to you? If you have, its probably because of something you said or something you did which the other person really didn’t like. In asking that question, they are essentially questioning your authority, they’re questioning who gave you the right…
Acts 1:12-26 {Prayer} Back quite a few years ago when my niece was about Faith’s age, Jessica and I asked her what it was that she wanted for her birthday. She told us … “I don’t know. I’m in this in between age. At times I like dolls, but other times I want something…
John 16:22-33 {Prayer} Music and art … individually and collectively, they have a way of bringing out, of expressing the sorrow of life, the hardness and darkness which comes with the various struggles of life which we experience. Music and art have a way of cutting to the heart, to the core of an…
John 16:12-22 {Prayer} How many of you like riddles? I like them mainly because they make you think. So in light of that, let’s try a couple of riddles shall we? If you know the answer, go ahead and say it. Riddle number one. “There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow…
Revelation 7:9-17 {Prayer} One of my favorite things to do on a summer vacation is to go jet skiing. When we head up and visit our friends in Nebraska, we always end up on the lake. On the lake, I’m given the keys to a jet ski with a full tank of gas and…
John 21:1-14 {Prayer} The resurrection of Jesus … a big deal right. Paul tell us in 1 Corinthians 15, the great resurrection chapter of the Bible it is sometimes referred to as, he tells us that “if Christ had not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith” (15:14). A few…
Acts 5:12-20 {Prayer} Being scared is one of our most natural instincts. We are typically scared of what we don’t know. Shadows can represent this fear as we wonder what is lurking within them, what is out there, what is making them. In addition to not knowing, the power of our imaginations can make…
Luke 24:1-11 {Prayer} It’s easy to get overwhelmed at Easter with the choir, the lilies, the praise, the celebration of Christ’s victory. It’s easy to get overwhelmed. But when you listen to Luke tell the Easter story, he focuses your attention on one thing … remembering. Think of it. The first Easter was…
Luke 23:44-49 {Prayer} Have you ever noticed how when people tell you directions, they tend to either use landmarks or science? The landmark people are the ones who tell you what you “can’t miss.” “Just turn right after you cross the bridge, go down that road until you get to a grey electrical box…