Posts tagged “Purpose”
Persist in prayer
Have you ever had an interaction with a toddler play out like this? “Mom, can I have a fruit snack?” “Well, you already had…
Why a burning bush?
Sometimes I don’t ask the most obvious questions until decades later. Like the burning bush. I’ve known the story of Moses and the burning…
Don’t despise ordinary things
I almost got depressed the other day in church. As I was preaching, I said, “After six years as your pastor, I have preached…
Revival!
Asbury University in Kentucky made the news a few weeks ago. After a chapel service on February 8, students stayed to sing and pray…
Ordinary is how God ordinarily works
I bet you’d love to make some extraordinary changes in your life. Maybe to unconditionally love the people in your family, even that sibling…
Jesus calls the broken
Have you ever pretended you had it all together? Recently, I met a friend for coffee and, fueled by Pastor Mike’s sermons, decided to…
Rest and . . . grow
We have an opportunity right now to journey into the heart of God’s kingdom plan for us. Take a few minutes to quiet your…
We must learn to judge like Jesus
You’ve probably heard that Jesus once said, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged” (Matthew 7:1). But what does that mean? Keep…
You can’t do it all, but you can give your all
I checked the National Day Calendar for February and was stunned by how much there is to celebrate. For the shortest month of the…
Let’s make heaven crowded!
Recently, every member of my family got sick. It was an awful, helpless feeling watching my kids burning with fevers and coughing so hard…
How God made you
It took me over 30 years to figure out how God made me. You would think that my strengths and weaknesses would be obvious…
Heads up!
If a fly ball is hit into the air, you might hear the words, “Heads up!” to warn you. If a friend or coworker…