MOTIVATE When a tree is young or newly planted, arborists will stake a tree with support ropes on each side. Tree staking helps the tree establish roots and ensures it grows vertically. It also can protect the tree from strong winds and storm damage. But tree staking is not meant to be a permanent fixture….
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Upside Down Living (2 Thessalonians 1:1-4)
video forthcoming MOTIVATE In Trassenheide, Germany, designers Klaudiusz Golos & Sebastian Mikuciuk made a project called “The world stands on its head.”[1] It was no ordinary house as everything in it, including the house, was designed upside down! From carefully attached couches and suspended sofa cushions to hung floor lamps, inverted sinks, and ceiling toilets,…
The Father’s Heart For The Lost (Luke 15)
Luke 15:1-2 1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” MOTIVATE EXAMINE Jesus attracts crowds of people. Luke 15:3-7 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having…
Broken Cisterns (Jeremiah 2)
MOTIVATE There is a short story about a peasant who is seeking to purchase property and build a home.[1] One day, he meets a landlord who makes an amazing offer: for $100 the peasant can have all the land he’s able to travel by foot in one day, but he must be back at his…