Acts 10:1-2 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion…a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. Want to please the Lord? Fear God. Pray continually. And give generously. “I wish I hadn’t been so generous,” Continue Reading…
Psalm 16:3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. I once heard someone say, “A nation that fails to honor their heroes will soon have no heroes to honor.” So who are our country’s heroes? Who are your heroes? Colson Center Continue Reading…
Ephesians 5:31-32 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. Do you enjoy mysteries? How about profound mysteries? Profound mysteries involving love? Continue Reading…
Mark 12:44 “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.” You’re probably familiar with Continue Reading…
John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” At times it’s hard to wrap our minds around the kind of sacrifice Jesus made to save us. Some people spend their whole lives trying to figure it out, refusing to believe Continue Reading…
Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.” Some of Jesus’ teachings land on our hearts like a Cat 5 hurricane. They rip off the roofs and demolish Continue Reading…
1 John 4:8 “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” Words from this sonnet written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning for her husband popped into my head this morning. Love. Who but a God of love Continue Reading…
Isaiah 53:1 “Who has believed our message…?” Are you having trouble believing for things unbelievable? The prophecy describing the coming of the Messiah in Isaiah 53 shocks us to the core. The Creator God of all majesty and power was coming to the earth as a suffering servant. Rather than Continue Reading…
Psalm 11:1-3 “I’ve already run for dear life straight to the arms of God. So why would I run away now when you say, ‘Run to the mountains; the evil bows are bent…aimed to shoot under cover of darkness at every heart open to God. The bottom’s dropped out of the country; Continue Reading…
1 John 1:6 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” Love without sacrifice is like food without nutrition. No sustenance. No life. Christianity rests on the foundation of sacrificial love. Continue Reading…