These Great Things
READ: Mark 2:1 CHALLENGE: Jesus is the Remedy to our Spiritual Problems Mark 2:1 – A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. The original meaning of Capernaum is “village of comfort”. It was on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee and became known […]
Standing Before God
READ: Job 42:2 CHALLENGE: PREPARE TO MEET GOD God, in His speech, references nature and His power over all of it. We cannot tame all the animals, can’t outrun all the animals, can’t whistle for all the animals and expect them to come running to us. Most wild animals would run in the opposite direction. […]
Responsibility of Living
READ: Genesis 1:27-28 CHALLENGE: Live responsibly in God’s blessing Genesis 1:27-28 – So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in […]
When God Shows Up
READ: Job 37:19 CHALLENGE: Trust God Through the Storm Job has been asking to meet with God and for God to speak and explain things to him. God does. Life can be tough to figure out. On any given Sunday morning we are a collection of happiness and hurts. Some may be celebrating a promotion […]
Righteous Reality Hitting Home
READ: Job 31:29 CHALLENGE: Embrace the Right Way to Live Vv29- – “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him— Jesus made a stunning statement in Matthew 5 when he said that we should love our enemy. Not just love your neighbor as yourself but love […]
Righteous Reality
CHALLENGE: Hold Onto Your Moral Compass A. ETHIC OF MARITAL FAITHFULNESS (vv9-12) V9 – “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, 10 then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her. 11 For that would have been wicked, […]
Your Ethics
READ: Job 30 CHALLENGE: Live right regardless Job does not see life as being even or fair. He treated people well, yet when he was in trouble, he did not get the same compassion. His investment into others did not seem to pay off. His own friends gathered around him and scolded him for sinning. […]
Incorporated Faith
READ: JOB 29:1 CHALLENGE: Incorporate God into Your Life What do we want from God? What do we believe about God? I would like to look at some encouraging core beliefs experienced by Job. When someone known as the greatest man in the entire land speaks, I want to listen to his perspective. It’s so […]
Positive Changes
READ: Isaiah 53:8 CHALLENGE: Live New Easter Sunday is a celebration of the hope that we have in Christ. Good Friday commemorates an ugly death but that led to life three days later! There is always hope. v8 – By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was […]
What’s So Great About Jesus?
READ: Isaiah 53:1 CHALLENGE: Celebrate the Great Things About Jesus Isaiah was written 600-700 years before the birth of Christ. It’s like the prophet has been to the future and he’s bringing back the report of what he’s seen and it’s unbelievable. And he’s bringing it to a disobedient group who will suffer greatly for […]