When you realize that God loved you in such a helpless state – like your loved ones cared for you as a crying, messy infant – you start to understand that God is pursuing you…and that changes everything!
Jesus has secured our eternal life, our salvation, but what about today? How does Jesus’ work on the cross motivateContinue Reading
Have we made the mistake of expecting a perfect life when instead we should be expecting a life that perfects?
Joshua Crawford One thing I’ve always enjoyed about exercise is the unity it creates. When we workout alongside anyone, regardlessContinue Reading
If we find a few of life’s ingredients bitter or hard to swallow, we must not forget that those ingredients weren’t meant to be consumed by themselves, but as part of a complete, whole cake.
Joshua Crawford There’s a common thread that weaves throughout every story in the Bible, regardless of personalities, backgrounds, or circumstances: Continue Reading
Joshua Crawford When you were a kid, did you ever sneak something dangerous into your room, like matches and firecrackers? Continue Reading
Consider that God, like an elite strength coach, is allowing these new challenges not to discourage and overwhelm us, but to give us opportunities for tremendous growth and gains.
Joshua Crawford Fear of the virus, social distancing, and the economic fallout from all of it – the description ofContinue Reading
Jesus isn’t being insensitive to our struggles, but he is calling our attention to something greater and more worthy of our attention, something we want to drift towards.
Inevitably, because of our finite, human perspectives, some of our infinite Lord’s words will unsettle us and maybe sound strange, but we submit because of who he’s proven himself to be – “the Holy One of God.”
If we seek the presence of Christ where, when, and how we’ve not sought him before, he’ll appear as we’ve never seen him – and that will lead us to more awe, more of his majesty.
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