Seizing My Opportunity
WATCH Seizing My Opportunity | Matthew 25:1-30 | Living Life on Purpose JMM · 02 Seizing My Opportunity
Bending My Knee
WATCH Bending My Knee | Colossians 1:15-18 | Living Life on Purpose JMM · 01 Bending My Knee
Forgiveness: The Crisis and the Process
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you (Ephesians 4:31–32, esv). True forgiveness is a miracle, but there are no enduring relationships without it. Choosing to put others’ […]
Ordinary Problems
WATCH Ordinary Problems | Ordinary You, Extraordinary God | 2 Samuel JMM · 08 Ordinary Problems
Ordinary Repentance
WATCH Ordinary Repentance | Ordinary You, Extraordinary God | 2 Samuel 12:1-25 JMM · 07 Ordinary Repentance
The Lion
“Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up” (Hosea 6:1, esv). Hosea 6:1 includes an intriguing phrase: God “has torn us, that he may heal us.” The word torn describes how a predator grabs its […]
Ordinary Cover Up
WATCH Ordinary Cover Up | Ordinary You, Extraordinary God | 2 Samuel 11:6-27 JMM · 06 Ordinary Cover Up
Ordinary Friendship
WATCH Ordinary Friendship | Ordinary You, Extraordinary God | 1 Samuel 23:16-18 JMM · 03 Ordinary Friendship
A Tale of Two Itineraries
“Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt” (Numbers 14:3, esv)? Have you ever wondered what part of “Promised Land” they didn’t understand? Israel’s whole objective, after packing […]
Jesus on Repentance
From that time Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17, esv). Repent is such an Old Testament word, right? We picture grizzled prophets, screeching at guilty sinners.That couldn’t be the heart of our sweet Jesus, could it? Actually, we’d be so wrong to think repentance isn’t of […]