I recently submitted a devotional for a book being published in the near future called Thy Geekdom Come 2, and I felt a need to share it because I think it really speaks into the heart of some of the themes we have been exploring at our church. It also reaches back to two messages…
It is the season of Christmas, and yes Christmas is a season and not a day. Christmas, begin the celebration of Jesus’ birth, is the season that comes after the season of anticipation known as Advent, being the season of preparation for Jesus’ birth. Meaning, like it or not, it is still Christmas, so if…
THINK: About if they are truly allowing Jesus to rebirth their lives, to the fullness of life he brings by making them new again as He has come to make them new. KNOW: Jesus has come to make things new. Jesus is the new thing God is doing and is the new thing God is…
On this Sunday of Advent, we discussed how love lives courageously when life wants to run away. We did this by looking at examples of from the birth of Jesus. Especially the example of Mary. Love overcomes fear. How can we share the love of Christ to help others overcome this Advent? (Audio Only)
Joy rescues us when we feel most broken. THINK: About how just the idea of Jesus brings joy. Even in the middle of the hardest brokenness and deepest of sorrows, and how much more joy the reality of Jesus can bring no matter how broken, sorrowful, or beaten we may feel we are. KNOW: In…
On this Sunday of Advent, we discussed how love lives courageously when life wants to run away. We did this by looking at examples of from the birth of Jesus. Especially the example of Mary. Love overcomes fear. How can we share the love of Christ to help others overcome this Advent? (Audio Only)
Joseph’s circumstances seemed bleak. His betrothal to Mary created the hope of a wonderful life with the one he loved, but it seems that only moments later, he received the worst news possible – she was pregnant, and not by him. His “yes” to a new life suddenly became a “no” to possibility. This first…
THINK: About the emotion and attitude they normally approach this season of the year with. Think about what the season of Advent and Christmas invokes in their minds. KNOW: In many cases, our hearts and minds are focused on everything but Jesus during this time, and this creates unnecessary anxiety and stress in a time…
THINK: About their life and whether their life demonstrates and shows the characteristics of a life that fully understands and believes Jesus to be enough and for Jesus to be worth it. KNOW: Jesus is so worth it, but the reality is the majority of people who claim to be faithful followers of Christ really…
THINK: About the troubles, we all face in this life, and whether God has ceased to be good. KNOW: Understand God hasn’t changed one bit, and He can use the most crummy, sad, and hard situations in our life to bring something good. Even if we don’t see it presently. We know who Jesus is,…