John 21 {Prayer} Once I start a project, it needs to be completed. I don’t like leaving things half done. Now granted, even though I may go through all the planning steps and think I have considered every option, something unexpected happens and throws my timetable off. But it’s just a slight delay.…
John 21:1-19 {Prayer} One of my favorite movies is Gone in 60 Seconds. It’s about a brother who gave up stealing cars to protect his family to stealing cars in order to save his brother’s life. My favorite car in the movie, my dream car, is a 1967 Shelby GT 500 Ford…
Luke 22:31–34, 54–62 {Prayer} “The Look”. We all know that look. It’s the look that says you crossed the line. Children know that when mom or dad give “the look” that something bad is about to go down if they don’t change their ways. It doesn’t have to be loud. It doesn’t have to be…
John 21:1-19 {Prayer} Throughout this Forgiving Challenge we have been working through the word SCARS . SCARS are marks that remind us something once went wrong. The acronym SCARS stands for Sin, Confession, Absolution, Restoration, Sanctification. Last week we talked about why we aren’t free. We aren’t free because of sin.…
{Prayer} This coming Saturday marks the final day of the Red Letter Challenge. For 40 days, we have intentionally put the words of Jesus, those red words in our Bibles, into practice. Through this challenge we’ve focused on five main targets. These five main targets again are … Being, Forgiving, Serving, Giving, and…
Exodus 34:1-8 {Prayer} Jimmy Wayne learned to never trust a soul. That’s why he never unpacked his bag. And who can blame him? Jimmy Wayne never knew his father. His mother spent more time in jail than out of jail. When he was a small child, his mother got out of jail again…
Exodus 32:1-14 {Prayer} Traveling through Nebraska one wintery yet spring like evening, Jessica and I came upon a vehicle on the side of the road. As we slowly drove by, it looked like they needed some help. So we decided that we since we were on our way home and it was kind…
John 12:12-19 {Prayer} So as you can tell, today is Palm Sunday. Today is the day in which commemorate or celebrate Jesus’ great procession into Jerusalem at the beginning of Holy Week. It’s called Palm Sunday simply because the people used palm branches to welcome and honor Jesus as He entered into the…
John 13:12-17 {Prayer} Some bad pastor biblical jokes for you. Which athletic sport do you think is the most biblical? Some people say baseball because … Genesis 1 starts with, “In the big inning”. Others though say that football is found in the early chapters of Genesis because it describes the “first down”…