Drop your defenses No one enjoys being corrected. I think back to when I was a child, and I would get in trouble with my parents. I would spend the afternoon pouting in my bedroom with hurt feelings often, becoming angry at my parents. We can do this to God when he corrects us too… Continue reading “Lessons from the Life of King Asa: A Story of Faith, Repentance, and God’s Faithfulness”
Hosea Recently I have been talking about spiritual detox. The process of letting God remove things from our lives that keep us apart from Him. Once we have removed the things that hold us back from God, we can’t just let our lives sit empty. We must then begin to work with the Holy Spirit… Continue reading Soften the Soil of your Heart
“… Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us.” Jeremiah 14:9 We are all called by His name. We are called to walk in the world, but not be of it. But what happens when we take our eyes off Jesus. Today… Continue reading Called By His Name
Study method In Bible study on Thursday, we talked about the Hebrew word, Pardes. It is used by rabbis as an acronym for how to understand scripture. The four parts of Pardes are P’shat, Remez, Dirash, and Sod. P’shat—the meaning of the story on a surface level. Remez— the symbolic meaning, the bigger idea behind… Continue reading The Weeping Prophet
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