Speaker: Courtesy LHM

Sheep are useful creatures, providing meat, milk, and wool. Yet even with these useful qualities, sheep do not always enjoy a good reputation. However undeserved these unflattering descriptions may be, sheep can wander off and become lost.

There is no security in this mortal life, but only in true life, when Jesus comes again to raise the dead and restore all things. Until then, take this life for what it is. It’s a sieve, not a stock pot.

God is far better than we are. We can pray with confidence, knowing that God will give us the good thing we ask for—or do something that is better in the long run.

July 20, 2022 “Freely” Colossians 2:6-10, 12-13a, 14 Therefore, as… read more

God is planning to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah—but He doesn’t just go ahead and do it. Instead, He deliberately stops at Abraham’s tent, and why?

False idols cannot help those who worship them, but our God acted in power to save us. We offer up praise because God, in His steadfast love and faithfulness, remembered His covenant promise and sent His Son into the world to be its Savior.

And what got them through it was the presence of a friend with them in the water. So also, as we await our rescue, Jesus is with us. With Jesus next to you in the water, you can be a friend for others. And as the salty sage of Ecclesiastes says, “whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might”

I don’t know what Martha did after Jesus spoke. I rather hope she put down the dishtowel, brought in a plate of grapes and some bread, and joined her sister and Jesus. The place at His feet belongs to Mary and to Martha—and to us, the people Jesus loves and has redeemed.

The same Jesus who suffered, died, and rose from the dead for our sake, because He loved us—that is the One who is inviting us into His work today.