Galatians 2:10 “All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.” “They’re here!” It had all come together at lightning speed. The time between our first meeting with Bethany Christian Services to the night the Congolese family Continue Reading…
Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Condemn. Condone. Compromise. These seem to be Continue Reading…
Philippians 2:8 “And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!” I’ve written about how both desperation and dissatisfaction can lead us toward an I can’t but He can mindset. But without a healthy dose of humility, the Continue Reading…
John 12:26 “Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be….” We yield our will at Gethsemane and decide to “pick up our cross and follow.” Self-denial and cross-bearing are far from once-and-done entities. We’re presented with the opportunity to follow Jesus every day, actually, every Continue Reading…
Luke 9:23 “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Had there been no Gethsemane, there would have been no Calvary. Gethsemane thrust Jesus into the once-and-for-all crucible of decision. Gethsemane—where sorrow pummeled him to the ground with Continue Reading…