The Sabbath Day Sunday should not be a day of restriction but a day of freedom and celebration In the book of Exodus, God and Moses have a face-to-face meeting. That is significant. How cool would it be to have a direct conversation with the...
If God Cares for Every Bird, How Much More Will He Care for Us? God Cares for the Lesser Things of His Creation and We Are So Much More In one of Asaph’s Psalms he exalts God for his power, beauty, and perfection. In doing so Asaph envisions what...
What Are You Thankful For? Take time to tell God what you are thankful for, not just on Thanksgiving, but every other day, too The church I attended several years ago had a Thanksgiving practice of having members stand to share what they were...
How Often Do You Give Thanks to God? When Paul writes to the church in the city of Colossi, he says he always gives God thanks when he prays for them. He doesn’t just give God thanks for them occasionally but always. This is because of their...
As Moses prepares the Israelites to enter into the land God promised them, he reminds them of God’s instructions. Moses looks forward to the time when the people will live in cities they didn’t build, drink from wells they didn’t dig, and eat...
I like to praise God for who he is and thank him for what he does – most of the time. Sometimes, though, I just don’t feel like it. Intellectually, nothing’s changed; spiritually, he’s the same, but emotionally, I don’t want to. What do I do in...
Celebrating the Highs and Lows of Last Year It’s not good to dwell in the past or fixate on what was, but it is wise to periodically review it. As we recently transitioned from one year to the next, my wife and I spent time with close friends. We...
