Pursuing the Way of Authenticity
Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? (Matthew 7:1-3) […]
How Love Keeps Hope Alive
WATCH How Love Keeps Hope Alive | 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13 | Hope Springs Eternal JMM · How Love Keeps Hope Alive
The One You Really Need
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength (Isaiah 40:28–29, esv). It’s hard enough […]
Hoping For God’s Best In Our Church – Part 2
WATCH Hoping For God’s Best In Our Church (Part 2) | 1 Thessalonians 2:12-20 | Hope Springs Eternal JMM · Hoping For God’s Best In Our Church – Part 2
Triage
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you (1 Peter 4:14, ESV). When life is hard and you’re in pain, you need to ask yourself a revealing question: “Am I suffering in a trial, or is my pain a consequence […]
Look Up: Jesus is Greater by Far
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Look Up: God is Speaking
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The Common Need
And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need (Acts 2:44–45, ESV). One characteristic of God’s family is an inherent willingness to give. The believers in the early church “had all things in common” (Acts […]
Hoping For God’s Best In Our Leaders (Part 1)
WATCH Hoping For God’s Best In Our Leaders (Part 1) | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 HOPE. It is the confident expectation of better days ahead. Faith in Christ is filled with an endless hope – and believe it or not – your pastor and spiritual leaders are depending on your hope filled prayers! Lean in […]
That Special Someone
My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins (James 5:19–20, esv). “Anyone,” meet “someone.” The beauty of this passage from James 5 is […]