What is wisdom to you? How would you define it? Do you desire to be wise? Grasping for wisdom can feel like grasping to hold onto mist. We see it. We can move in it. But we can not hold onto it. It seems to continually escape our grasp. Why is that? Too often, weContinue reading “Fear of the Lord”
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Praise God in Community
Do you praise God? How often do you praise him? Is it only when he has blessed you with something you wanted? Do you praise him with your whole heart? Are you willing to praise him in the company of others? Will you praise him in public? Praising God can be a challenge for us.Continue reading “Praise God in Community”
Pray to Imitate Christ
Do you seek to be like Christ? Do you long to be the person He wants you to be? How do you go about that? Do you work hard at fixing yourself? Do you spend time praying, asking God to make the changes in you that he desires? We can say we want to beContinue reading “Pray to Imitate Christ”
Please the Holy Spirit
Do you like to grieve? Of course not! Do you like to experience sorrow? What about being depressed? Or maybe exasperation? Do you want to be the reason for someone else experiencing any of these feelings? Have you thought you might be? We don’t like to feel sad or down in the dumps. We don’tContinue reading “Please the Holy Spirit”
Wisdom and Truth
Do you ascribe to the truth? How much falseness are you willing to accept or let slide? Do you spread false information? Do you put on a false personality? Are you supporting false stances? Would you prefer to know the truth? Do you do your best to speak the truth? Falseness is all around us.Continue reading “Wisdom and Truth”
Bread of Life
As we continue Jesus’ explanation to Jewish leadership of who He was, we see Him reiterate the analogy of being the bread of life. He states that whoever believes He is who He says is will have eternal life. Eternal life is not earned but freely given to those who believe. Jesus goes on toContinue reading “Bread of Life”
Red Letters
Yesterday, we saw that the Jewish leadership were incredulous that Jesus made the claim He came from heaven. They knew His parents, Jospeh and Mary. Jesus responds to their grumblings and mutterings, doing so by quoting the prophets and making an even bolder claim. The leadership was upset that Jesus had claimed to be theContinue reading “Red Letters”
False Rationalization
Do you struggle to give credit for a major accomplishment to someone you knew as a child? Do you remember when they were running around on the playground and find it hard to believe they have risen to the top? Are you willing to listen to them? Will you follow their lead? Seeing someone growContinue reading “False Rationalization”
God’s Path
How well do you stand up to scrutiny? Are you above reproach? Or do you have many faults? Are you somewhere in between? Are you your own worst critic? Or do others point out your weaknesses? How well do you believe you could withstand God’s scrutiny? We may hear others point out our weaknesses andContinue reading “God’s Path”
Hunger and Thirst
Do you take Jesus’ words literally? Or do you recognize some of His teachings as being metaphors? Do you apply His parables and metaphors to your life? How do you use them to identify a truth of God you can use each day? There are times Jesus speaks very plainly. He means what His wordsContinue reading “Hunger and Thirst”
Marty Pressey 