MOTIVATE Just this week I have had some answers to prayers that I have been praying about for a couple months; some others that are still unanswered. These things have felt like a fog where it’s difficult to discern the road ahead. When you have these experiences or life circumstances, and you cannot clearly see,…
Who Will Roll Away The Stone?
They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us? ”Mark 16:3 Anxiety. Fear. Grief. Doubt. Questions. They all rule our heart. Yet, in the emptiness of a tomb we find everything. God turns graveyards into gardens. God removes the stone. God remembers His promises. God…
Buried Hope (John 19:31-42)
MOTIVATE Lots of recent convos about capital punishment 1972 US Supreme Court declared death penalty “cruel and unusual,” though a 1976 Supreme Court stated that it was not unconstitutional. TN: A female who murdered a classmate in 1995. Recently she would face her sentence by lethal injection. However, the injections were mismanaged and she survived…
Gospel Change
The Gospels show us the point of the crucifixion is not just sympathy for how horrific Jesus died. Nor is the point having regret over some bad choices or feeling sorrow and shame. Instead, the cross was meant for transformation. Cross-bearing truly changes you because God’s grace works from the inside-out. Christian discipleship calls us…
