What if? What if you got everything you wanted in life? What if you had every good thing? Would that really be a good thing or a bad thing? Let me turn it around a bit. What if your parents gave you everything you wanted? Or if you are a parent, what if you gave…
Jesus said to her, “Mary. “She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (Which means “Teacher”). Jesus said “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God…
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK: Meeting Jesus Showing Compassion “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him. “Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” Luke 10:36-37 In the parable popularly known as…
GOSPEL INVITATIONS: COME AND REST (part 2) Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. – Matthew 11:28 Jesus invites those who carry heavy burdens. Being burdened is different from being wearied, for weariness is the loss of a good thing you…
GOSPEL INVITATIONS: COME AND REST (part 1) Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. – Matthew 11:28 Jesus invites the weary. Weariness is a function subtraction. It is to have less of the good thing you started with because of use,…
GOSPEL INVITATIONS: COME AND FOLLOW “Come, follow me,” Jesus said. – Matthew 4:19 Jesus gives us multiple invitations. The purpose of this is not to give us a multiple choice of invitations to choose from, but rather to connect us to God in multiple ways. We are so broken by sin that the different pieces…
GOSPEL INVITATIONS: COME AND REPENT “Jesus began to preach, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” – Matthew 4:17 One of Jesus’ most powerful invitations is for us to repent. It is in fact more than an invitation, and is also a command. It is proclaimed in his capacity as a conquering king.…
I AM The Messiah “The woman said, ‘I do know that the Messiah is coming. When he arrives, we’ll get the whole story.’ ‘I am he,’ said Jesus. ‘You don’t have to wait any longer or look any further.’” – John 4:25-26 You have a story. Whatever it is, it is not the whole story.…
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK: Flood Church’s Weekly Devotional SERIES 4: What Jesus Does Jesus soaks “I baptize you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.” ~ Mark 1:8 Though there is some debate about how water baptism was done in Jesus’ day, there is something about water baptism that is not debatable.…