Life Guide In the name of Jesus, the one whom our fathers eagerly waited for. Dear children of God, chosen to be his people. Is God really listening? More specifically, is he really listening to me? I suppose it would be too much to ask of anyone person to be listening and caring about everyone,…
Life Guide Matthew 25:31-46 31“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep…
Life Guide Revelation7:9-17 NIV 9After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10And they cried out in a…
Life Guide Let me take you to a peaceful looking place. Here the flowers and olive trees create a serene garden, a place where people for centuries and still to this day have gone to find a quiet place to be with God in prayer. This place appears serene and peaceful, but make no mistake,…
Theme: The Cross is Crucial 1) For Christ and 2) For the Christian Have you ever been watching your favorite kind of action movie, you know the kind with Bruce Willis or Liam Neeson or Gerard Butler, and right when the “going starts to get rough”, you do a little bit of mental cheating? The…
The Christian Trusts God to Provide 1) When he asks you to bear the cross 2) When things are getting dicey 3) Because he has given you promises to rely on In the name of God, the one who opens his hand and satisfies the desires of every living thing. Let me offer you a…
This summer I’ve been watching the nature part of Jesus’ “Parable of the Sower” play out in my wife’s garden. She sowed the seeds in late spring, and soon she declared war with the birds. We must have an extra vicious breed of sparrows and robins, that not only snatch away seed, but even the…
1) For their correction. 2) For their salvation Of all the weeks for it to happen, I suppose it was no coincidence it was this one. We were all coming back from our vacation in Alaska. As our plane began its final descent into Minneapolis, my ears began to ache from the changing pressure. Down…
Do you know what the fastest growing religion in the world is? You might guess Islam or Hinduism, but that would only be true if you were talking about the amount of people who are automatically born into those religions. If you’re talking about the group that has the most people converting to it per…
A Christian pastor named A.W. Tozer once said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”[1] I suppose he’s got a point. How much money is in my bank account, whether I had a date to prom, or my golf score, my college degree, my career…