When God asks, "what more could I have done?" - He doesn't want to know if He should have fertilized more or built a bigger water tower or higher fence. The question is rhetorical. He did everything…
In God's kingdom - your sins are forgiven. The hurtful things you said and did are forgotten. And God will help you clear your mind of all the things that kept you awake, made you feel ashamed, caused…
Romans 10:9-10 says, "if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and…
Mark 8:36 says "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" There are far too many people who don't have time for God because they are so busy paying off their credit…
If I came to church on Sunday with a backpack full of rocks and complained I had a backache - you would tell me to stop carrying the backpack full of rocks. You don't have to be a doctor or nurse to…
Jesus made you His own in baptism - and every single day the Holy Spirit works in and through you to bring about miracle after miracle. Jesus said, "whoever wants to be My disciple has to take up His…
When disaster happens - God isn't going to make it unhappen. But He will use you to dull the pain, soften the loss, allow the tears of a neighbor to turn your shoulder into a soggy mess. The only…
The Canaanite woman doesn't try to justify herself or claim she is good enough or deserved anything - but she knew God was a "dog" person - the kind that "accidentally - on purpose" dropped scraps…
Jesus reaches through the waves and the wind as we start to sink and pulls us into His arms and sets us inside the boat. He sets us back into a community that watched us try to walk on water. He does…
Last week I said St. Paul was, "Bald-headed, bowlegged, strongly built, a man small in size, with meeting eyebrows and a rather large nose." We don't know what the Prophet Isaiah looked like - except…
