I have some encouragement for you today from Romans 5:1 2 . Have you ever been caught in a sudden, torrential downpour without an umbrella? It’s the worst! You’re running across the parking lot, trying to hold a soggy piece of cardboard or a wet receipt over your head, desperately hoping it keeps you dry. Spoiler alert: it never works. You end up soaked, cold, and looking like a drowned cat. It’s inconvenient when it happens in a parking lot, but it’s exhausting when we do it in our spiritual lives. So many of us live our lives constantly dodging…
Read More →I was looking over our prayer list yesterday, we have over 2,000 prayers that have been submitted and I’ll be honest with you—it can be heavy. We see names next to words like "cancer," "divorce," "financial crisis," or "addiction." When you look at that list, or even just turn on the news, it can feel like the whole world is shaking. It feels like the floor is moving underneath us, like trying to walk on a trampoline. It’s unstable. It’s scary. But I have some incredible news for you today. While everything in the world might be shaking, we have…
Read More →You ever come in from working in the yard, maybe you were weeding the garden, mowing the lawn? You’re sweaty, you’ve got dirt on your jeans, and you probably don't smell like roses. When you walk back into the house, you don't just walk right into the living room and settle into the couch, right? You hesitate. You feel like you need to clean up before you can settle in. I think sometimes we approach prayer exactly like that. We come to God, and we’re aware of our mess. We’re aware of the mistakes we made this week, or the…
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