Photo by Kilian Seiler on Unsplash Public Discipleship. Post No. 5 My first inclination, when facing a point of friction in life, is to jump into “let me fix this” mode. At those moments, when things are not adding up, when the elements of life and my...
One of my goals with yesterday’s sermon was to encourage you, Christian, with a reminder that it is all of the Holy Trinity who works on your restoration, and that the same Holy Spirit through whom Jesus Christ – God the Son – was able to give...
What mixture of powerful emotions might we feel if we had lost a loved one in the Emmanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston? What emotions have you experienced recently toward people involved in the gay marriage debate? What has been your most recent conflict with...
Trusting the Lord to provide for the physical needs of my family is something that is regularly on my mind, and even more challenging for me recently. So, it’s just like the Lord that the next phrase in our series on the Lord’s Prayer (see previous post...
We’re continuing the series on how to apply the Lord’s prayer in our every day prayer life (previous posts are here, here, here, and here). This week we consider the 3rd request: “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt 6:10b)....
What if you could connect with God and His purposes more closely in your prayer life? You can. In our first posts on the Lord’s prayer, we talked about how prayer is an amazing invitation beginning with praise: “Our Father in heaven…” and...