Remaining in God’s Rest I look forward to Monday’s. I love Monday’s. I know you are dying to know why, right? Who in their right mind loves Monday’s? I DO! Monday’s are my Sabbath. Monday’s are the day that I do absolutely nothing. I plan no meetings. I do absolutely no work, I literally do nothing. I will sleep in until about 9 A.M. The rest of the day is just pure rest and relaxation. I love...

I’m Kind of A Big Deal – Jesus Read Hebrews 1:4-14. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hebrews%201:4-14&version=NIV Have you ever met someone who thought they were ‘all that and a bag of chips?’. Someone who really did believe that they are ‘kind of a big deal’. It makes me sick to my stomach when I encounter someone like that. A person who is just completely arrogant and full of vanity. ...

When people meet someone new, it’s a common practice to ask what each other does for a living. It also seems commonplace in a church setting for people to discuss their testimonies, specifically how long they’ve been a Christian. Imagine being in the awkward situation of not being able to answer that question! Strange, I know. But I’ve struggled to be able to tell people just when I became a Christian. This became an issue...

Happy Hour Vs. Oh Happy Day Learning To Be Filled With The Spirit of God Ephesians 5:18 Ephesians 5:15-18 Look carefully how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and...

I wanted to share this quote that I read from an online book recently from a 17th century puritan named Thomas Brooks in his book “Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices”. “That Christ should come from the eternal bosom of his Father to a region of sorrow and death; that God should be manifested in the flesh, the Creator made a creature; that he that was clothed with glory should be wrapped with rags of flesh; he...

John 9:1-7 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the...