I will call upon God and the Lord will deliver me. In the evening, in the morning, and at the noonday, I will complain and lament, and He will hear my voice. He will bring me safely back…God, who is enthroned of old, will hear me. –...
Read moreOur Father in Heaven
One of my favorite movies is Rudy. Have you seen it? It’s a movie based on the story of Daniel E. “Rudy” Ruettiger – a small, athletically-unremarkable kid with dyslexia from a blue-collar family in the Rust Belt. But Rudy...
Read moreHow Great is Your Goodness! A Morning Prayer
How great is your goodness, O Lord which you have laid up for those who fear you; which you have done in the sight of all. -Psalm 31:19 I will bear witness that the Lord is righteous; I will praise the name of the Lord Most High. – Psalm...
Read moreAbba
When the disciples asked Jesus, “teach us to pray,” He obliged them. But it’s interesting how He begins: “Our Father in heaven…” A German New Testament scholar named Joachim Jeremias did a study in which he...
Read moreThe Red Phone
In Cold War-era spy movies, the President had a “red phone” that was his direct line to launch the nukes in case the Russians did something crazy. The mere presence of the phone was uncomfortable because of the awesome power attached...
Read moreInside Out – Preteen Camp Mid-week update
Keep praying for our preteens at Camp Copass! (if you can’t see the video above, click here)
Read moreDifferent Priorities
If you were there with us Sunday, you know we started a new series called “The Kingdom: Life Upside Down” (If you missed it, you can watch it here). We went through Matthew 5:13-16 You are the light of the world. A city set on a...
Read moreYouth Camp Update, Day 3
Youth Camp Update, Day 3
Read moreYouth Camp, Day 2
Youth Camp Update, Day 2 Aristotle famously said, “the unexamined life is not worth living,” and it sounds like our youth are being asked to examine their lives and decisions in light of God’s plan for them. Pray that...
Read moreYouth Camp, Day 1
Hi, all – we’re changing things up on the devotional this month. As Phil mentioned Sunday, we’ll have kids out at camps pretty much the rest of the month. For many of you, summer camps were an incredible chance to get out of...
Read moreBlessed… Even When You Don't Feel Like It
I used to have a long commute to work (“long” being defined as “I had to drive south of 380”). There are a lot of reasons to hate driving that far south, but the primary reason I hated it was because at rush hour, a million cranky people all...
Read moreAnother Helping of Sin Pie (Hosea Series)
I love pie. Cherry, apple, pecan, pumpkin… I’m not picky. I don’t think I’ve yet met a pie I couldn’t eat too much of. My neighbor made me a pie this past week. I don’t remember what she called it, but it was incredible. It was a...
Read more