Many followers of Jesus approach their faith in Him casually. It’s more like a self-improvement endeavor – great to do, but not particularly urgent or intense. In fact, many believers are quite content with their casual relationship with God. It sufficiently sustains them. That’s one of the influences of our culture. The world supports thoseContinue reading “It’s Friday…Don’t Let Yourself Rest”
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It’s Friday…Tell Him It’s His
It’s Christmastime. We are all familiar with heartwarming scenes of the season like this: “They saw the child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures.” (Matthew 2:11) We’ve seen and heard this portrayal every year in nativity plays, television specials, movies, and our favorite Christmas cards.Continue reading “It’s Friday…Tell Him It’s His”
It’s Friday…The Only Way to Win
On this Veteran’s Day weekend, I’m truly grateful for the more than 1.4 million Americans on active military duty, and the other 778,000 on reserve duty. Thank you for your service and for keeping us safe. We truly owe you a debt of gratitude. As followers of Jesus, perhaps we’ve never experienced a physical war,Continue reading “It’s Friday…The Only Way to Win”
It’s Friday…Know Where We Stand
We are one day closer to Christ’s return to earth. It seems like we’re getting closer and closer to that day, doesn’t it (1 Thessalonians 5:1-6)? Not everyone could endure it when Jesus came the first time. Though it was extremely good news for every blind, captive, brokenhearted person (Isaiah 61:1-2), those blinded by prideContinue reading “It’s Friday…Know Where We Stand”
It’s Friday…No Reason To Fear
It appears that fear abounds in every arena of life today, doesn’t it? Imagine what it would be like to live without fear – no fear of not being able to pay the bills next month, no fear of accidents, diseases, or war, no fear of broken relationships, and no fear of death. As aContinue reading “It’s Friday…No Reason To Fear”
It’s Friday…Hope Against Hope
Twenty-five years ago today my “little one” was born. She was born during a very uncertain season of our lives. It was a day-by-day, and at times moment-by-moment walk of faith. When she arrived, we decided to mark the season by giving her the middle name “Hope.” Her birth, the gift of her life remindedContinue reading “It’s Friday…Hope Against Hope”
It’s Friday…Don’t Fall Into The Trap
Imagine a freshly baked apple pie coming out of the oven. Imagine the aroma filling the room and stimulating all your senses. Imagine inhaling deeply and letting that wonderful smell create in you an acute anticipation of the enjoyment to come. Now, after all that, can you comprehend such a delicacy coming out of theContinue reading “It’s Friday…Don’t Fall Into The Trap”
It’s Friday…It’s A Good Thing
One of the mysterious paradoxes of our relationship with God is that as His followers we can experience unspeakable joy and severe hardship, both at the same time. In fact, it’s almost guaranteed that we will. “In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer griefContinue reading “It’s Friday…It’s A Good Thing”
It’s Friday…Therefore We Can Laugh. Just Like He Does
There are evil and bad actors disrupting nations around the world right now. And history has been filled with these terrifying forces – from ancient empires like Assyria and Babylon to modern day terrorists and nuclear-armed superpowers and many in between. There have been times when lesser rulers cowered in fear at the news ofContinue reading “It’s Friday…Therefore We Can Laugh. Just Like He Does”
Vic Alvarado 