Writing to Help You Find and Share the Hope of Jesus
My family and I are heading up to northern Minnesota on Saturday for a week-long vacation. The past few weeks I’ve tried to think through what it means to rest well on vacation. Here are five thoughts to help me (and maybe you) honor God by resting well on vacation. Actually Rest From Your Work … Continue reading Believe and Rest: Five Thoughts On Resting Well On Vacation
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” Psalm 16:2 Genesis 2 showcases the abundant love that God poured out on Adam. Along with the breath of life, God provided the garden as a home (2:8). He provided plentiful good food (2:9). He gave Adam the meaningful work … Continue reading No Good Apart from God
You satisfy me more than the richest feast.Psalm 63:5 I’ve seen the dangers of sexual sin far too closely and far too often. I’m convinced being unsatisfied with God is at the root of the problem. In 2 Samuel 11, King David slept with Bathsheba and had her husband Uriah killed to cover it up. … Continue reading Unsatisfied – The Root of Sexual Sin
[Jesus], the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.Hebrews 12:2 A guy I meet with shared with me this week how frustrated he was that he and his wife had … Continue reading But I Have To
“And God said … And it was so.”Genesis 1 The pattern of the creation account in Genesis 1 is fairly familiar to us. On each of six days, God speaks a part of creation into existence and then proclaims it good. But I was struck by another piece of this pattern this week as I … Continue reading And It Was So
A Thrill of Hope 