Posts with the category “a-week-of-fin”

46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven ...  Read More

16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16When was the last time you felt completely vulnerable at the mercy of nature? Was it the recent floods? The Black Summer bush fires? Or simply gazing up to the constellations, anticipati...  Read More

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord.Ephesians 5:8I don’t know about you but I was a pretty quirky kid growing up - and maybe I still am. But I just couldn't settle for being “plain”. I took every opportunity to be a whisper in a crow...  Read More

‘What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.  If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.’James 2...  Read More

15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. 1 Timothy 1:15I am the worst. I am the chief of sinners. N...  Read More

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end."Ecclesiastes 3:11 Do you ever depict God as a painter? I love to imagine Him behind a canvas, delighting in every stroke of His brush as he paints life into existence. To me, He is like an unseen painter–His care and effort are constant, even if...  Read More

25 Whom have I in heaven but you?    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.26 My flesh and my heart may fail,    but God is the strength of my heart    and my portion forever.Psalm 73:25-26Fresh into the new year, I can’t think of a better time to fix our eyes and hearts on Jesus.Ask yourself, what good is our life without Him? Who do we have if we don’t have Him? Well, through the overflowin...  Read More