The Bumper Sticker Part 2

Yeah. I am still chewing on this. Allowing God to continue to deepen our understanding is how we gain knowledge and ultimately wisdom. So what is still rolling around in my mind? My point from the last post. Fight Hate – Use Personal Responsibility And Self Control. What if we can’t? We can’t fight hate…

The Bumper Sticker

The other day I saw a bumper sticker that had long been faded that said, “Fight Hate.” Its a simple message and on the surface it sounds really good. But the more I pondered it, I found a rising up in my spirit, a kind of frustration at this message, that caused me to dig…

Hearing God’s Voice

I’ve been studying about hearing God’s voice and wanted to share what I have been learning. There is one distinctive mark of a Christian and that is – and I love this – they hear the voice of the Lord. God’s people hear His voice. John 10:2-6 But he who enters by the door is…

Lent 40 – Entering Holy Week

Today is Palm Sunday and we are entering Holy Week. We will focus this week on the Lord Jesus and the road to His death, burial, and resurrection. I will add all the readings here so that you can enter this last week of Lent in a quiet, reflective, and meditative way. Take in these…

Lent 39

The Plot to Kill Jesus 45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If…

Lent 38

31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself…