I cannot believe how many dinners I have been burning lately. I think I nailed down the problem today. I love cooking but lately, I love getting it done quickly and I don’t love sitting to watch or stir it. I have other things to do. Taking the time to care for it so it is good has not been my focus. So, I turn on the dinner, get busy on something and well, there it is, ... Read More »
A Living Hope: A New Life and Sitting Among Friends #69
Let’s jump right into the tough stuff today. Before coming to know and trust Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, we are in rebellion to God. Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. Colossians 1:21 (NIV) Ouch! What an opening line. That is a tough concept because in general, we like to think we are pretty ... Read More »
A Living Hope: A New Covenant and Sitting Among Friends #67
A New Covenant. There are many questions that surround the new and the old. Out with the old in with the new. That saying can leave a bit of a sting. If we have the old or become the old. We don’t necessarily want it to be set aside because the new came along. That is how many of the Pharisee’s felt as Jesus was telling them He had come to fulfill the law. The law (the ... Read More »
A Living Hope: A New Hope and Sitting Among Friends #66
A Living Hope: A New Hope When I became a believer as a young girl, I believed the Bible. I believed that Christ died for my sins and without accepting His gift I salvation, I would be lost forever. I needed a new hope. My faith changed but didn’t grow very much. For so long I kept hold of only elementary understandings of who God was. A lot of it was a God that I had ... Read More »
A Living Hope: A New Heart and Sitting Among Friends #65
As we look ahead to Spring, we get a whole new refreshed joy. Joy in the brightness of the days and in the hope of the renewal of life. Last week, we began a new study on A Living Hope (you can begin here). We focused on the encouraging verse in 1 Peter 1:3. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy, he has given us new birth into a ... Read More »