The thing about holidays is that when they are over, whatever it was that we celebrated tends to diminish in our minds until the next year when its day comes back around. But we rose from the bed on Monday morning to the reality that Jesus...
As we approach Easter Week, let’s set our hearts on Christ and give ourselves to prayer. This Sunday is Palm Sunday, remembering the time Jesus entered Jerusalem to the crowd singing, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of...
I have had an interesting relationship with the word “vision” throughout my life. My first concern with vision was in school when I realized I couldn’t see well. Getting eyeglasses helped my physical sight, but I had just begun my journey with the idea of...
The God of glory is determined to keep it, reveal it, and bring his people into it. For this, we are forever grateful. Isaiah 48 is a chapter about how God dealt with his people in exile in Babylon. The chapter covers a lot of theological ground...
The most important time of your day is when you settle in your mind what is already settled in heaven, that the counsel of the Lord will stand, and his purposes will be accomplished. The questions of life abound, and many of them leave us unsettled....
It has been our practice at Grace Community Church to begin each year with a season of prayer we call, “Devoted to Prayer.” The Bible tells us to be constant in prayer, to pray without ceasing (Romans 12:12, I Thessalonians 4:17). Our January prayer emphasis is not...
Somewhere along the way in ministry, I heard (or interpreted something that was said to mean) that preachers shouldn’t preach things that aren’t real in their own lives. My guess is that the point of whatever was said is that preachers should be striving to...
“They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 This Sunday at Grace Community Church we come to the end of Isaiah...
If you ever thought that relating to God is a simple “do as I say” kind of thing, and that there is no real interpersonal interaction with him, Isaiah 40 will change your mind. One of the many things that makes this chapter of the Bible so interesting...
We have been clipping along at a relatively fast pace through the book of Isaiah. In sixteen weeks, we have covered the first thirty-nine chapters. That’s fast for us. But the structure of Isaiah has allowed for this approach. I hope the messages have encouraged...
