Desert Living

Sometimes life can feel like you’re living in a dry desert. Uncomfortable. Gritty. Languishing. Yearning for anywhere else. UGLY. Yet, God often performs His greatest work in ugly circumstances. The Lord teaches, refines, purifies, and develops. We cannot go around the dessert times, we must go through them. Because, it’s in the desert we understand…

Bring Blessing

Wherever you are. Wherever you go. Be a blessing. Enrich. Refresh. You won’t regret serving the Lord and others.

Relentless Grace (Hosea 10-13)

MOTIVATE The last two weeks in our study of Hosea we’ve reflected on God’s redemptive love and the human response to God’s love. We recognized that God sent the prophet Hosea to warn Israel of pending judgment and to woo Israel to repentance and faith, like a lover seeking to reconcile. However, Israel would not…

Underestimating Unity

Unity is essential but not at the expense of righteousness or right treatment of others. Indeed, Christians are to treat one another as brothers and sisters – family. Jesus Christ prayed for a united body (John 17:21), and the New Testament exhorts the family of God to dwell in the bond of peace (Romans 12:18;…