Pastor’s Blog

April 11        Day 32 John 12:25-26 “Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.” REFLECTION We… Read More »

April 10        Day 31 John 17:17 “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” REFLECTION When Jesus calls us, he offers us both salvation and justification. Those are achieved simultaneously by the grace of God. The process of sanctification, however, is the work of a lifetime. As disciples of Jesus, just as the original… Read More »

April 9        Day 30 Ezekiel 18:21 “But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.” REFLECTION To have life and have it abundantly – this must be the desire… Read More »

April 8        Day 29 Luke 1 “Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless… Read More »

April 7        Day 28 Matthew 4:1-11 “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It… Read More »

April 5        Day 27 Mark 9:9-10 “As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.” REFLECTION What does “rising from the dead”… Read More »

April 4        Day 26 Mark 1:14-15 “After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” REFLECTION The ministry of John the Baptist and the incarnation of Jesus are like… Read More »

April 3        Day 25 1 Peter 5:6 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” REFLECTION One of the ways our sin nature resists God is our self-love. This is not the spiritually healthy love Jesus alluded in Matthew 22:39, “…love your neighbor as yourself.” It is… Read More »

April 2        Day 24 Philippians 3:10-11 “I want to know Christ – yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.” REFLECTION A disciple is not only a student of his master’s teaching but earnestly… Read More »

April 1        Day 23 Psalm 27:14 “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” REFLECTION On day 21 we pondered the concept of “waiting for the Lord”. Today, let’s look more closely at the meaning of strength and courage as Christ’s disciples. To be strong is to be able… Read More »