Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory. -Romans 15:7 I turned 30 in January, and if there is anything in my early years on earth that I have been petrified about, it is being rejected by people. Growing up, I always felt out of
“For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function, so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.” –Romans 12:4-5 A Christ-centered friendship should be a friendship that builds
Our reading in Genesis today is kind of nostalgic for me. I love that the people of the earth all spoke the same language and were in one accord. I really love that setting. But because of the nature of sin that had already begun to eat deeply and consistently
When we read Genesis 4:23 we see how, sadly, history repeated itself in a descendant of Cain. It broke my heart to read this. Humanity hadn’t existed for long and evil had already begun replicating itself in a family. But as I read verse 26, hope surged in my heart
“So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm. And he said to them, “Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?” They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one
It is Scriptures like John 8 that completely keep me in awe of God, His love, and His pursuit of me and you. This woman was brought before the King of kings, before the one who hates sin but loves the sinner so much that He left His glory to
Abraham, to me, is one of the greatest fathers of faith! Not because he did much, but because he dared to believe God would give him descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky when he did not have a child. How could he believe a God he did
For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. – Hebrews 3:3-4 I was struck by this passage from the first
“(Now this is love: that we walk according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus you should walk in it.” – 2 John 6 This is one of the most interesting and captivating aspect of Scripture to me; it’s simple and
When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks. The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Have courage, for