If our ears are truly sensitive and open to the voice of Jesus, we will probably receive a daily does of rebuke from Him. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a gentle rebuke, coming from the One who understands our frailties better than we understand ourselves. Yet, His rebukes are a firm reminder that the lifeContinue reading “It’s Friday…Ignore Them”
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It’s Friday…Terrifying at First Glance
Sometime terrifying circumstances come into our lives. And we, who fear the unknown, don’t like the expected visions they bring. One dark night, the disciples of Jesus were in a boat on the sea of Galilee and were terrified when, in the middle of a storm, a figure walking on the rough water approached them.Continue reading “It’s Friday…Terrifying at First Glance”
It’s Friday…There Is Nothing To Fear
The Bible makes some tremendous promises. Here is one of them: “If you make the Most High your dwelling – even The LORD, who is my Refuge – then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.” (Psalm 91:9-10) How can any rational person accept such a claim? Didn’t Charlie Kirk liveContinue reading “It’s Friday…There Is Nothing To Fear”
It’s Friday…It’s Just His Nature
The God of the Christian faith is really, really different. In fact, no other religion pictures its deity like this. No other faith can claim a God who zealously pursues His children. All other deities are distant and elusive, demanding that their disciples come to them, usually on a long and arduous path, often withContinue reading “It’s Friday…It’s Just His Nature”
It’s Friday… No Guessing Game
In the garden, Jesus has been praying with deep sorrow and an overwhelmed spirit. He knows what He faces the next day – torture and death. Ridicule and shame. The sins of the world on His human shoulders. If ever there was a time to be self-absorbed, this was it. “How then would the ScripturesContinue reading “It’s Friday… No Guessing Game”
It’s Friday…Practice Gratitude and Praise
We sing when we’re happy – or whistle, or hum, or something that displays our joy. That’s because true joy can’t be easily contained. Neither can our other emotions. Whatever’s in us will eventually come out unless we make a huge effort to keep it in. What Jesus did for us will make us extremelyContinue reading “It’s Friday…Practice Gratitude and Praise”
It’s Friday…Swim Upstream
It can be very difficult to be uncompromising in following God’s values and principles in a world that follows anything but. The prophet Ezekiel knew this well. He was made an object lesson to the people of Israel and Judah. God told him to act out visual illustrations of judgment and desecration, like lying onContinue reading “It’s Friday…Swim Upstream”
It’s Friday…We Are Never Victims
Weak leaders seem to be a-plenty these days. Perhaps because we, as a culture, have a weak view of God? Our culture’s popular image of God is of a weak, passive grandfather figure who won’t or can’t confront the evils of our age. But that’s not so of the God of the Bible. He’s aContinue reading “It’s Friday…We Are Never Victims”
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… Don’t Fear Failure
Baseball season is here. I’m a huge fan. Most of the players in MLB dreamed of playing in the big leagues. All through their high school years, they trained for hours a day. They maintained a strict diet, a rigid exercise program, and top-of-the-line equipment. They watched countless games and took every opportunity to speakContinue reading “It’s Friday… Don’t Fear Failure”
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