It wasn’t until I had kids of my own that I truly “got” Christmas, and even then it took several years for it all to really sink in. It was the Christmas Eve when my oldest daughter was about three years old. We were at the evening church service, and my daughter and about four [...]
Archive for the ‘1-BELIEVING’ Category
Surrogate Father
Posted: December 29, 2011 by ryanblanck in Insight & EncouragementTags: Angel of the Lord, christmas, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Saint Joseph
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Spiritual Responsibility
Posted: January 21, 2011 by Paul Carter in Insight & Encouragement, Journey Sermons, Scripture & StudyTags: change, Dallas Willard, psalms, spiritual formation
“Spiritual formation . . . is the process by which the human spirit or will is given a definite “form” or character. It is a process that happens to everyone. The most despicable as well as the most admirable of persons have had a spiritual formation. Terrorists as well as saints are the outcome of [...]
Meditation: Irrigation of the Soul (Psalm 1)
Posted: January 7, 2011 by Shawn in Journey Sermons, Scripture & StudyTags: joy, meditation, psalms, righteous, wicked
Joy is what we experience when our longing for eternity is satisfied by an encounter with the Lord. When we meet with God through His Word and draw close to Him through righteous living we enter into fellowship with Him and get a taste of eternity. Psalm 1 reveals that those who take pleasure in and preoccupy themselves with God’s law will prosper and experience true joy. In other words, meditation on God’s Word irrigates our souls and makes us grow.
Faith, Love & Circumsicion
Posted: September 19, 2010 by Shawn in Be the Difference, Fellowship & Ministry, Insight & EncouragementAs followers of Christ we enjoy a lot of freedom. There is not a big list of do’s and don’ts to bog us down. We have a simple mandate to love. Yet, like Timothy, we sometimes need to sacrifice our freedom in order to show love.
“If you have failed on the journey. Ask God to give you wisdom. He won’t hold your sins against you. But don’t just give Him lip service; don’t just ask because you know that’s the right thing to do. That will do no good. You need to be willing to submit to His wisdom. Until [...]
“Follow Me”
Posted: April 12, 2010 by The Journey in 2-BELONGING, Fellowship & Ministry, Journey Sermons, VideoTags: follow me, Matthew
I am amazed at the way God stretches us. We think we’ve been stretched all we can be stretched. But as soon as we start getting used to the new us—as soon as we think we’ve got it—God puts us in a new situation or drops a new thought in our minds and, all of a sudden, we’re [...]
A Form of Beauty
Posted: February 11, 2010 by Shawn in Insight & EncouragementTags: beauty, life, purpose
When a car is made to best conform to the laws of physics that our Creator put in place, it turns out that the design of the car naturally takes on a form of beauty.
