The new year brings with it a fresh start, a time to pause & reflect. It is also a time when we are feeling motivated to do things differently, to get more organized, set new goals and priorities. We are also aware of the nagging voices in our head and vow to do...
I have been reading in Exodus about the parting of the Red Sea and the children of Israel’s great escape and rescuing from Egypt. There are so many parallels to where we are right now. Moses went up Mt Sinai to meet with the Lord. Somewhere in those 40 days of waiting...
Every year as the holidays come around there is a growing desire amongst many of us to slow down and enjoy the season. We dream of homemade presents, baking cookies and stringing our own popcorn garland as we listen to Christmas music on a snowy wintry night -...
I don’t want to get too technical or theological on you here, but may I talk about knowledge for a quick moment? I will spare you the long definition of knowledge in the Greek and Hebrew, but let’s just say, literally and figuratively, there are many applications for the word, knowledge. However, I will keep this part short by simply saying, we can gain knowledge two ways
I was recently praying with some friends and in our conversation the phrase, “living above the snake line” came up. Now I hate snakes, so my ears perked up. Whatever I have to do to live where I will not have to encounter snakes, count me in. I did some personal work so I am not quite as irrational as I used to be when it comes to snakes.
If only you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water
