THE FORGIVEN, FORGIVE… The verses for today are taken from the Lord’s Prayer. We are so familiar with it that if we’re honest, we would admit that it really doesn’t mean all that much to us when we read or say it. I know I have felt that way. But
Good morning and welcome to Week 3 of our You Are Forgiven study! These last two weeks have been intense and this week won’t be any different. We’ve already spent a good amount of time talking about true repentance and confession. These are really important topics because they are gifts
A little while ago I wrote a post on repentance. I don’t want to repeat myself so I encourage you to read that post if you want a clearer understanding of what repentance is and the different parts to it. Today I want to do a little Q&A regarding repentance.
Welcome to our You Are Forgiven study! I hope you are just as excited and ready to learn as we are. This study is going to take us on a wild ride. We will examine the heavy chains of sin and depravity, as well as the heights of forgiveness, acceptance,
DAVID, A MAN OF FAITH Good morning and welcome to our final week of our David study. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have! Today’s passage is possibly one of the most famous stories in the Bible. At least it is the most famous story about
JESUS, BELOVED OF GOD… David was known for many good things. He was a great king, a wonderful friend, a fierce warrior, and this week we see that he was considered a man after God’s own heart. But we have also seen that as amazing as David was, there is
As we read about the biblical patriarchs, it is easy to set them on a pedestal and view them as super godly. We see them with faith so strong that they can boldly stare into the mouths of lions, defy Pharaoh, and battle nations. It seems like some had such
Today we come to a very interesting part of the story of David. We have seen David’s boldness as he fought Goliath, but David was not fearless. There are many instances in the Psalms where David admits his fears. As a matter of fact, sometimes he is so fearful that
You Belong to Royalty… “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.” – Ephesians 2:19 It’s a terrible feeling to not belong. To feel like an outsider– unwelcomed, uncomfortable, overlooked, excluded, misunderstood, looked down upon
When I think of the life of a shepherd it sounds relaxing. You get to spend your days with cute sheep and even cuter lambs, enjoying God’s beautiful landscape, eating your lunch under a shady tree in silence and with a book as your companion (an introvert’s dream). But being