Jun 9, 2017 | Word Among Us
When you come to serve the Lord…prepare yourself for trials. “Prepare yourself for trials?” That is a phrase you might expect a drill sergeant to say to new recruits. Or a man might say it to his son who is raising teenagers. But serving God? What...
Jun 7, 2017 | Word Among Us
Let us do some basic chemistry. We know that a water molecule is made out of two elements: hydrogen and oxygen. Both elements must be present for water to exist. If either is missing, it would not be water. In a similar way, intercessory prayer has two essential...
Jun 5, 2017 | Word Among Us
Let us build ourselves…a tower with its top in the sky, and so make a name for ourselves. Did you know that the tower in this story sounds very much like the ancient ziggurats that dotted the Mosopotamian landscape? These elaborate pagan monuments stretched as...
Jun 2, 2017 | Word Among Us
I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When Noah and his family left the ark, they confronted a scene of wholesale destruction – an earth that had been ravaged by a violent flood. Imagine how they must have felt...
May 31, 2017 | Word Among Us
He laid hands on the man’s eyes a second time and he saw clearly. Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never in a hurry? Instead of acting right away, Jesus gently led a blind man to a place where they could be alone. He then prayed with him and took the time to...
May 29, 2017 | Word Among Us
We do not know exactly why Abel and his offering were accepted, while Cain and his offering were not. Did Cain displease God in some way? Was God testing him? Or was Abel just an extraordinarily holy man? We may never know. But one thing we do know. God loved Cain....
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