Have you ever received an important letter in the mail? Maybe that letter had a fancy wax seal on the envelope. Maybe the paper inside had an expensive, linen feel, a watermark on the stationary, or even an embossed seal on the page. In short, it had distinct indicators of importance. God’s signs and wonders… Continue reading “That You May Know…” Scripture Writing Plan September 2023
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Serve Like Jesus: July 2023 Scripture Writing Plan
When is the last time you received service that went "above and beyond"? It's likely you were treated with kindness, spoken to with respect, and/or given a bit more than you expected. Who or what are you imagining? Is it a customer service rep? Waiter? Barista? Financial Advisor? Friend? Neighbor? A brother or sister in… Continue reading Serve Like Jesus: July 2023 Scripture Writing Plan
The Great Physician: June 2023 Scripture Writing Plan
Franny J. Crosby was a well-known American poet and lyricist, known today for the many hymns she composed. She was also blind. At 6 weeks old, a doctor’s incorrect treatment of her eye infection caused permanent blindness. (Some scholars assert that she was born blind.) A preacher once said to her, “I think it is… Continue reading The Great Physician: June 2023 Scripture Writing Plan
The Way, The Truth, The Life: Scripture Writing Plan May 2023
According to their book, "I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist," Norman Geisler and Frank Turek write that the following questions are "the five most consequential questions in life": Origin: Where did we come from? Identity: Who are we? Meaning: Why are we here? Morality: How should we live? Destiny: Where are we… Continue reading The Way, The Truth, The Life: Scripture Writing Plan May 2023
Growing in Faith: Scripture Writing Plan March 2023
My middle daughter started playing tennis last spring. The city runs a tennis center with group coaching classes, so we gave it a shot. Initially, she was grouped with the younger (and less experienced kids). She showed up for every session, practiced at home in good weather, and eventually joined the advanced group. She often… Continue reading Growing in Faith: Scripture Writing Plan March 2023
Transformed in Christ: Scripture Writing Plan December 2022
Before the age of 7, he lost his mother to tuberculosis. Before he reached 12, his father had him traveling the seas. By the time he was 18, the British Navy pressed him into service. At 23, he was involved in the slave trade—first as a sailor, then as a captain—until his health forced him… Continue reading Transformed in Christ: Scripture Writing Plan December 2022
Abundance: Scripture Writing Plan November 2022
What abundance do you currently enjoy? If you are able to eat three meals a day, live in a relatively comfortable space, and wear clothes (and shoes), you already have abundantly more than many people in the world. God did not make physical prosperity a temperature gauge for spiritual health. If He had, then the… Continue reading Abundance: Scripture Writing Plan November 2022
I Am Free
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and deathRomans 8.1-2 I have been set free. In studying the holocaust, I have often wondered… Continue reading I Am Free
Prophesied & Fulfilled: Scripture Writing Plan June 2022
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.”Matthew 5:17-18 ESV Throughout… Continue reading Prophesied & Fulfilled: Scripture Writing Plan June 2022
Learning Contentment: Scripture Writing Plan May 2022
True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare. G.K. Chesterton Contentment is not inherited, it is learned. Most people discover—at a very young age—that they cannot have everything they want, but… Continue reading Learning Contentment: Scripture Writing Plan May 2022
