July 14, 2019 Luke 19:1-10 The crowds were displeased when Jesus went home with the tax collector Zacchaeus.  But despite the fact the Zacchaeus was both dishonest and a turncoat, Jesus loved him, and...

July 7, 2019 Miracles are not merely superhuman happenings, but happenings that demonstrate God’s power.  Almost every miracle Jesus did was a renewal of fallen creation—restoring sight, making the lame to walk, even restoring...

Exodus 20 A Prayer:  Everything begins with your awesome work of grace, my God.  You have demonstrated your love through redemption.  You have set me free from the slavery of sin.  Now it is...

June 23, 2019 The Power of a Grateful Heart, 7 Things It Can Do: It gets our eyes off ourselves, and helps us to focus back on God. It reminds us we’re not in...

Jesus came to us while we were still sinners (Rom. 5:8), not after we had cleaned ourselves up and gotten our acts together. He came right into the middle of our wandering, and that...

June 9, 2019 Make the most of your time.  Use your time wisely.  Never waste a moment.  Work while there is light.  Seize the day.  We hear these sorts of phrases all the time....

June 2, 2019 To review on this final week of our series, this blessing helps us understand what a blessing is supposed to do.  Its five parts convey hope that God will: Bless and...

May 26, 2019 God is Gracious.  To be gracious means ‘to favor,’ ‘to show kindnesses’ to an inferior, and ‘to be compassionate.’ In the Old Testament of the Bible, this adjective applies to God,...

May 19, 2019 Numbers 6:25 So what does “the Lord make His face shine on you” mean? The fact that God would have Aaron and the priests to repeat this blessing for centuries must...