The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.”2 Kings 2:15Just as Joshua was appointed to follow Moses, it’s clear that Elisha was appo...  Read More

The Lord said to [Moses] . . . “I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”Deuteronomy 34:4Moses has led the people of God for more than forty years after leading them ...  Read More

One purpose of the church is to reshape our understanding of family. Being part of a church family means including people who are not related by blood; except for the blood of Jesus.The early church q...  Read More

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.Genesis 50:20Genesis 50 brings us to the moment when Joseph’s father, Jacob, has di...  Read More

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought . . . “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”Genesis 28:16-17As Jacob enters into sleep using a s...  Read More

Go from your country, your people and your father’s household. . . . And all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.Genesis 12:1-3God works through people, and as he makes us his people, his fam...  Read More

Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.Jude 20-21Though the effects of sin still harm and damage our world, we can live each day ...  Read More

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.1 John 4:12The apostle John sets up a simple, beautiful, and yet remarkably complex equation: ...  Read More

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with ­actions and in truth.1 John 3:18Love can get messy. Love sees the hurt and the brokenness in our world and takes action. Love goes out and...  Read More

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.Colossians 3:13Jesus, in the ultimate act of selfless love, took all the hur...  Read More

Since . . . you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.Colossians 3:1Understanding individual gifts, passions, and callings hel...  Read More

What . . . shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Romans 8:31Shame is a heavy burden. Shame weighs us down and hinders us from being who God has intended us ...  Read More