Stand in Your Reclaimed Identity
“Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in His pity has done for you.” Then the man went off and began to proclaim in...
Examining the State of Our Hearts
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. // Matthew 5:9 From my eighth-grade desk, I looked over at Kat and her golden locks shimmering in...
Letting Our Faith Grow
Brothers and sisters: Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen. // Hebrews 11:1 It has been said that Saint Francis de Sales...
Prepping the Seed Bed
“It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.” // Mark 4:31 It was a...
Like a Grandmother
I yearn to see you again, recalling your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, as I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois...
Live in the Light
Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. // Acts 9:18 I know I need Jesus to illuminate so many areas of my life. There...
Are You His Sister?
“For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” // Mark 3:35 The kitchen clock ticked steadily while my son sat fidgeting over his math...
A House That Can Stand
“If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.” // Mark 3:25 I put my phone down on the days there is breaking news....
Division and Disagreement
I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, and that there be no divisions among...
Whose Advice Do You Want to Take?
When His relatives heard of this they set out to seize Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.” // Mark 3:21 When I took a job with...
Made New and Different
Now our high priest has obtained so much more excellent a ministry as he is mediator of a better covenant, enacted on better promises. // Hebrews 8:6 My first year...
A Quiet Card Game
He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him. // Mark 3:9 “Hey, I know you’re tired,...
