HARD PRESSED

HARD PRESSED

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 Have you ever felt like Paul in this passage? Disappointments, obstacles, failures, conflicts,...
HOW ARE YOU DOING?

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

God says to us “I remember the devotion of your youth…” (Jeremiah 2:2, NIV). How are you doing with that? Do we remember the devotion we had as a new believer? How does it rate with our zeal for God today? Are we full of the little things that bless God, or are we...
THE HEART OF A B4Ter

THE HEART OF A B4Ter

This post is written from notes from a talk given by Rick Love. Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. (Proverbs 4:23, NIV) Like a magnet, this verse has kept drawing me back to its truth, demanding further meditation and obedience. Guard...
CHANGING TIMES

CHANGING TIMES

I Chronicles 12 tells of David building his army. One group of men, the men of Issachar are singled out as ones who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do. They understood the times In 2020, we were bombarded with information about the times...
LOVE AS GOD LOVES US

LOVE AS GOD LOVES US

I have been thinking lately what a work for God it is, just loving people. -Lilias Trotter I was fresh out of the University of Oregon and did not even know if I’d like kids, as I’d not been around any for years. But my home church in Milwaukee needed a Youth Pastor...