The holiday season is beginning! It’s time to think about pumpkins, turkey, and Christmas trees! But maybe it’s also time to think about the people we’ll be passing by over they next several months. Like us, Jesus found Himself quite busy. Yet He always found the time to see the people around Him and step […]
For two chapters, we’ve been flies on the wall listening to a conversation between God and Habakkuk. As things wrap up, we find ourselves looking at a different man. Habakkuk is not the same person who started this conversation with God. He has changed…his perspective has been flipped upside down. As we listen to his […]
Habakkuk and God have been having a good dialogue. Now, it the second part of God’s second response, He finally says what Habakkuk has been waiting to hear…just not in the way or timing Habakkuk expected. In these words from God, we find both continuing encouragement to talk with God as well as some questions […]
Habakkuk complained…God responded…and now Habakkuk is responding (aka complaining again) to God. And still God is listening and gently responding. It’s a lesson for us all on how to share with God and how to listen when He speaks…
First Thessalonians chapter 5 calls us to pray, give thanks, and praise God at all times. But what happens when I’m not feeling very thankful? How do I come into my time with God if I’m not feeling very full of praise? Do I “fake it until I make it?” In the back of the […]
Jesus loves the broken. Jesus calls the broken. He wants us in our brokenness! But is that where it stops? Is that the end of the road? We are loved but still broken? Thankfully not! As Jesus seeks us out in our brokenness, He also moves us forward from brokenness to perfection. He heals the […]
When life gets hard, we ask why. On some days, it is perhaps the most ask question in our prayers. So why does bad stuff happen? Why does life get hard at times? As we look into the beginnings of the book of Exodus, we find three potential answers to our why questions. Let’s jump […]
Broken things usually get thrown away. Sometimes we keep broken things simply for sentimental reasons. Rarely do we keep broken things to put them to use. They are broken…they’ve lost all their use. And yet, that is not the case when God looks at us. God does not look for perfection when He needs a […]
We’re all broken, yes, but what does God do with broken things? Does He just keep us around for sentimental reasons? Out of a sense of nostalgia for the good ol’ days? Or, despite our brokenness, does God have something bigger and better in mind for us? What if, instead of keeping us broken on […]
It’s the final scene! As we come to the end of our study through Colossians, Paul brings it all together with his final challenge on what it looks like for us to walk IN CHRIST.