Prayer - Identity In Christ
No Smell of Smoke
We wrap up our four week series today, looking at Daniel chapter 3. Let me ask you this: do you love a good bonfire? Living in the Midwest, a good backyard fire pit is practically a requirement! But you know exactly what happens when you leave the fire. That smoke gets into everything. It gets into your jacket, it gets into your hair, and you can even wake up the next morning and your pillow smells like a campfire. You can take a shower, throw your clothes in the wash, and somehow, that smell of smoke still lingers for days.…
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When the Music Plays
Maybe you’re like me… do you remember the absolute, overwhelming pressure to fit in in middle school? For me, it was all about having the right clothes and wearing them the right way. If you walked into the cafeteria wearing the wrong thing, you just knew it. The pressure to conform , to blend in , to do whatever it took to avoid standing out—it was exhausting! And that pressure doesn’t magically disappear when we become adults. The "cafeteria" just gets bigger. Instead of clothes, we feel the immense pressure to bow to the idols of our culture, our jobs,…
Read More →Seeing Through the Haze
I was driving my daughter to school right at sunrise, right as the sun was coming up over the horizon. Normally one of the most beautiful times of day, the wonderful colors, the peaceful clouds. However, for me it was terrifying. I had this haze over the inside of my windshield . Every time the light hit it, the whole world turned into this blurry, blinding glare . I was squinting, leaning my head to the side, trying to see the road, but the haze was all I could see. It wasn’t that the sunrise wasn’t beautiful, I was blinded…
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