Monthly Archives: March 2022

Who Do you Say I Am?

Jesus asks what is perhaps the most important question that can be asked, “Who do you say I am?” For the most part the crowds didn’t have a clue and even those closest to him seemed a bit confused. But impulsive Peter has it right this time: “God’s Messiah.” Continue reading

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Interrupted

She was a desperate woman in need of a miracle. For twelve long years she had been “subject to bleeding.” She had gone to others looking for healing, looking for hope. Each time she went away without finding what she had hoped for.  Continue reading

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Passing it on to the Next Generation

It was not your children who saw these things…it was you…so pass it on! Continue reading

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Fertile Soil

Is God’s word growing and producing a bountiful harvest of righteousness in you? What is the condition of the soil of your heart? Continue reading

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Remember the Long Way

Remember the long way—remember God’s work in your life over the years.  It’s so easy to get caught up with what we are doing—become too busy to even notice God’s work in our lives.  It’s easy when things get tough to forget all the ways that God has proved himself faithful over the years. Continue reading

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When the Victory Comes

How do you handle victory and success? The human tendency is to allow our successes and victories to go to our heads. We boast; we revel in the praise of others. We give little thought to the one who stands behind the victory and success. Continue reading

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Becoming Like Our Teacher

The goal of a disciple is to become just like his teacher. For the disciple of Jesus, it means that when we are fully trained we will be like Him. Jesus gives us a few of the lessons we will learn, as we become more like Him. Continue reading

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Choosing Leaders

Jesus lived a life of prayer. So it is not surprising that when he came to critical junctures in his life that he would spend extended time in prayer. It is not surprising that when a critical decision was to be made that he spent the whole night in prayer. Continue reading

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Moving On, Moving In

Sometimes we get stuck in a rut in our spiritual journey. We struggle again and again with the same things. We become content and complacent with the status quo. God is calling us, like his chosen people in this text, to move on from this place and move in to the Promised Land. Continue reading

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Thirsty

We are created with a need for water, a thirst that must be satisfied.  This truth, obvious in the physical realm, is just as true in the spiritual realm.  Like the Psalmist, we are created with a thirst for “living water.” Continue reading

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