What would you do? How would you live? With whom would you reconcile? How much extra time would you spend with your family? Would you prioritize making memories over giving gifts? It’s always a bit morbid to consider your own mortality, but it should always be in the background of our mind. Here’s what the Bible says, 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while... Read more
Do you submit to the authorities in your life? This is not a fun question to ask or answer, but God has placed authorities in your life. They take the form of parents, teachers, coaches, bosses, governors, presidents and Supreme Courts. 1 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Romans 13:1 These words are so hard to actually live out because we... Read more
How are you using your gifts to serve the body? In yesterday’s Morning Brew, we recognized the complete sovereignty of God over everything. In God’s infinite wisdom, he custom-designed you with special gifts, talents and abilities to be leveraged and used to serve his kingdom. The question is: have you discovered your gifts, and are you using them to serve the body? 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all... Read more
Have you stopped and acknowledged God’s complete sovereignty over everything? Control is such an illusory thing. Control is like a mirage out in the desert. We trick ourselves into thinking we have complete control over our lives, and then the doctor comes back with the report, or the police station calls your house, or you get that dreaded letter in the mail. As much as we try and delude ourselves into thinking that we are the masters of our universe,... Read more
How often do you call out to God? How’s your prayer life? Really? I know it’s probably not where you want it to be. Somewhere deep down you probably know you ought to be spending more time with God in prayer. (Believe me, writing this Morning Brew I’m convicted of the very same thing). Rather than load you down with more guilt, I want to simply invite (and hopefully inspire) you to call out to God. 2 “This is what the Lord says,... Read more
Here is the second week in our sermon series Close Encounters. https://vimeo.com/143736407 Read more
What kind of Father is God to you? Is he a loving, forgiving, embracing Father or a cold, distant, judging Father? I know many of you have father issues. Maybe your dad was never there. Maybe your dad abandoned you. Maybe your dad was in the home but might as well have been gone. Perhaps you had a great experience with a loving, earthly father that set you up to view God (as your Heavenly Father) in the best possible light. When... Read more
Do you truly believe that God has good things in store for you? How do you view the world? Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Has life been unfair to you, or are you blessed more than you deserve? Is the world out to get you, or are you grateful for all that God has given you? Do you see tragedies and difficulties as proof that life is out to punish you or as another opportunity for God to showcase his faithfulness?... Read more
Recently I was preaching through Joshua 5, where Joshua is commanded to circumcise the Israelites at Gilgal: 2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.” Joshua 5:2 Anytime you preach about circumcision, the guys in the audience get a little squeamish (understandably). Many times the atmosphere can get so tense that you could cut it with a knife (oops, there I go again). Anyways, I thought this was a perfect opportunity to throw out a little... Read more
Is God giving you exactly what you ‘want’? Hopefully the answer to that is ‘no.’ Now, we ‘want’ lots of things. Usually all of them are narcissistic and self-serving. We want lots of money. We want to be famous. We want to be successful. We want to be beautiful or handsome. We want to have the bodies of the people on the airbrushed magazine covers. Secretly, we fantasize about the people on the magazine covers and think not so holy... Read more
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