Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7-12 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 7:7-12. What needs are you lacking? Are you asking God for help? What are your experiences with prayer of this sort?...
Happy Mother’s Day to every person answering to the call of motherhood. I’m not an insider on this topic. But I had a mother who modeled for me what it means and how it feels to have a wonderful mother. I have no conscious memory of my life as an infant, but I watched...
Our companion book for our new worship series, beginning on the Sunday after Mother’s Day, is Adam Hamilton’s Wrestling with Doubt, Finding Faith. Amazon’s website describes his book this way: Everyone has doubts. Where is God when bad things happen? Does God hear our...
Beginning the Sunday after Mother’s Day we begin a new series titled Doubt. Our series is based, in large part, on Adam Hamilton’s book with doubt in the title. Most of us have some doubt about what we claim to believe. Even if we don’t verbalize our doubt, we express...
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 5:3-12. Which blessings resonate with you the most? Why? Which blessings don’t seem to apply to you? Why? Read this week's article titled Blessings....
Mike Robbins began a 2022 post with the question, “Do you struggle with control?” How would you answer his question? The motivational speaker and author then takes his readers through a tutorial on letting go of control complete with a benefits list, including: Joy,...
Do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you. Matthew 5:39 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 5:38-42. Does Jesus’ instructions surprise you? Imagine yourself in one of these situations following Jesus’ instructions. What happens afterwards in your version? Read...
Teresa Shook, in an interview with Perry Stein, a journalist with the Washington Post, shared her surprise that her post on a Facebook page led to the largest single protest in history. "I wasn't that political," she told Stein. "Something happened in me with this...
You are like salt for the whole human race. But if salt loses its saltiness, there is no way to make it salty again. Matthew 5:13-16 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 5:13-16. What is your personal preference for salt? In what ways can you imagine yourself being...
According to the Harvard School of Public Health, our bodies require around 500 mg of sodium to "conduct nerve impulses, contract and relax muscles, and maintain the proper balance of water and minerals." Their website also points out other beneficial uses. Salt...