Posts with the category “daily-faith-challenges”

Faith That Acts (Habakkuk 2:4 ESV; James 2:17 NIV)  Read More

Faith That Perseveres (Hebrews 12:1–2 NASB 1977)  Read More

Faith That Perseveres (Hebrews 12:1–2 NASB 1977)  Read More

Faith Through Trials (Romans 8:28 NIV)  Read More

Understanding Faith (Hebrews 11:1 ESV)  Read More

Would like you to read this passage again. Galatians 5:16-18...  Read More

With one word, parakletos, Jesus is getting our attention that the Holy Spirit is one who is called to come alongside to help, that he is our Advocate, Comforter, Counselor and Teacher...  Read More

We are continuing our conversation about the names Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit, specifically in John 14, with the Greek word parakletos (pa-ra-klay-tos), “one called alongside to help.” Yesterday we looked at Advocate and Comforter...  Read More

Today and tomorrow, I want us to look John 14 and see how Jesus identifies the Holy Spirit...  Read More

We are continuing our series on Faith Essentials, what is essential to your faith journey? A few weeks ago we started the conversation around the Holy Spirit.   Read More

The lyrics of The Blessing follow scripture found in Numbers 6:24-26. “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”   Read More

Heavenly Father, I pray over today. I pray that I would be firmly planted within you, Lord Jesus. Make your ways known to me, help me to walk in obedience to you. Help me to step into the uncomfortable...  Read More

"My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in your weakness." 2 Corinthians 12:9  Read More

“Blessings in the highsBlessings in the lowsBlessings everywhere I goBlessings in the yesBlessings in the noBlessings everywhere I go”It's easy for me to look back and see the million blessings in the last two years of YAM. As I shared Sunday, I can see many blessings that have stemmed from even the hard things like being told “no” when I was used to and expecting a “yes.” But God has been remindi...  Read More

Our first Yam God showed up. Like minded, God loving, curious about the Word and wanting community people showed up. It’s pretty amazing God tells us time and time again He writes the story...  Read More

Acts 2:42 “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”...   Read More

Read John 20:22- 22 And with that Jesus breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. First glance, that sounds so weird. Who wants to be breathed on?...  Read More

Now, for a moment, let’s shift our attention to the disciples. Because the disciples are seeing all that Jesus is doing...  Read More

Let’s take a look at another instance of the Spirit in the Old Testament and I’m fascinated by this one. Notice one of the first people in the OT that is filled with the Holy Spirit...   Read More

This week we are going to look at two questions; who is the Holy Spirit and why does it matter...  Read More

“A life deeply rooted in Scripture is absolutely essential for a healthy relationship to God, self, others and the world at large. Equally essential is a life deeply rooted in the Holy Spirit who leads by experience and functions in partnership with Scripture.”   Read More

The “How-to” of the Bible has been study, meditate, and now memorize. Memorization allows scripture to be formed in our heart and mind...  Read More

The second word of “How-to”, meditate. Meditate in the Hebrew is hagah most literally means murmur, which refers to the ancient practice of people reading scripture quietly under their breath...  Read More

Yesterday you read Joshua 1:1-9, what did you discover?...  Read More

Today I want to give you space to study a passage. We are going to use the same passage from Sunday, Joshua 1;1-9...  Read More

Last week we talked about the what and the why of the Bible. We said that the Bible is God’s story and his story was broken into four chapters or four acts of a play; creation, fall, redemption, and consummation...  Read More

Over the next few days, I’m going to invite you into different passages throughout the Bible that talk about what scripture is and why it is important...  Read More

Over the next few days, I’m going to invite you into different passages throughout the Bible that talk about what scripture is and why it is important...  Read More

Over the next few days, I’m going to invite you into different passages throughout the Bible that talk about what scripture is and why it is important...  Read More

What is the Bible? It’s God’s story. It’s not another story of humankind’s search for God; it is God’s story and his account of His search for us. The Bible is the word of God given to humans in history. Which means the Bible (God’s story) is our story, that we see throughout history to today and beyond...  Read More

We are kicking off a new series called Faith Essentials. Before we do a deep dive into that, think about it for a moment in broad strokes.  Read More

Gods people have been honoring God through fasting for thousands of years and yet for many of us we’re just now maybe hearing about the importance of it. For others you have been fasting and know all about it….  Read More

I can wake up in the morning and start the day out well, head to work, meet with people and everything is going really well and then all of a sudden out of nowhere I can have these messed up thoughts....  Read More

Yesterday we started the discussion around looking ahead, looking ahead into 2026, but more specifically, how do we look ahead, not based on our agenda, but what God is doing? What God is doing as Lord, Holy One, Creator, and King? (Isaiah 43:15)  Read More

Yesterday, Sam invited us to look back, to see all the ways God has been working, in the celebrations and blessings, as well as in the challenges and hard circumstances. Today and tomorrow, I want us to look ahead. But I want us to look ahead in a different way...  Read More

Thinking back on the year there are so many things that have happened, many that are positive, and many that are not so positive...  Read More

Finally, what are you waiting for? Who are you becoming while you wait? And we’ve already teased this out a bit, but what sustains you in the waiting?...  Read More

Back to our previous conversation, Jesus comes in our waiting. That waiting can be a gift when we become aware of what we ARE waiting for? Who are you BECOMING in the waiting? What SUSTAINS us in the waiting?...  Read More

Merry Christmas I encourage you, to take a moment and read the birth story. You can choose to read Matthew 1:18-25 and 2:1-12, you can choose to read Luke 1:26-56 and 2:1-20...  Read More

Yesterday I shared this statement. Waiting can be a gift. Waiting can help us slow down and become aware, what ARE we waiting for? Who are we becoming in the waiting? What sustains us in the waiting?...  Read More