MOTIVATE The climate has been changing with more cold weather on the brink. My friend Jim Myer and I used to commiserate about how much we disliked the cold and preferred the warmth of the sun and summer. In the colder months, I start dressing in layers. When I worked at an outdoor construction site,…
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Everyday Faith (James 5:13-20)
MOTIVATE I have been continually reminded that not everyone views life, events, and circumstances the way that I do. How you see things is different from how someone else views them. Sometimes life can feel like a Rorschach test of mysterious inkblot images with dozens, if not hundreds, of perceived meanings. And perception is multiplied…
Everyday Faith (James 5:1-12)
MOTIVATE According to Bible Gateway, certain passages had a significant increase for searching on the recent election week. James 1 saw the largest percentage increase with over 11,500% increase.[1] This message series has been timely as the book of James teaches us many principles for living through pandemic problems. We are facing at least 7…
We are clay jars…
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus,…