Originally posted on August 26, 2004
"O how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. My eyes anticipate the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word." Psalm 119: 97, 148
The best part of relating to ...
Originally posted on August 19, 2004
"My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?" Psalm 42:2
This verse is one of a thousand verses on communion with God in the Bible. The writers of the...
Originally posted on June 23, 2004
Whenever I counsel engaged couples, I tell them that when they get disappointed with their spouse, they are then ready to love. The same is true in church.
When you make an attempt to connect with people...
Originally posted on June 15, 2004
At the risk of sounding like Yogi Berra, let me say that no one ever connected without connecting. In other words, if you are not in the presence of others, you'll never connect with them in ...
Originally posted on June 9, 2004
Last week I wrote to you about overcoming the problem of disconnection. I shared with you the common traits I have seen in people who have overcome the feeling of being disconnected at church.
Let me share...
Originally posted on June 2, 2004
Everyone sometimes has trouble connecting with others. Church people are no different. Life pulls us in many different directions, making it necessary for us to be committed to connecting.
But we must connect. God gave...
Originally posted on May 6, 2004
Sometimes walking by faith requires taking a specific action step into the unknown. It means making a decision. It's like crossing a line.
My favorite "line crossing" story is really about crossing a river. In...
Originally posted on April 23, 2004
The Old Testament leader Nehemiah shows us what it looks like to face and overcome difficulty by faith.
Nehemiah's mission was to rebuild the walls around the city of Jerusalem and to strengthen the hearts of the discouraged people...
Originally posted on April 15, 2004
The Verbs of Faith
Hebrews 11 is the chapter best known for its teaching on faith. The phrase "by faith" is used twenty times to describe the lives of many of the great people of the Bible....
Originally posted on April 8, 2004
"By grace through faith" is the Bible's way of expressing the basic way God deals with people.
This means that as a Christian, we live the life of faith that believes and acts on everything God has given us...