A Gift to Share

1 Corinthians 12:7-8 “A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge.” Throughout my college years, I was blessed enough...

Young Like Timothy

1 Timothy 4:12 “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” I have a very close family. In my generation, I am the only girl surrounded by five males: one...

A Servant’s Heart

John 13:15-16 “I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.” How often do you take the opportunity to serve your community? Does...

Denying Peter

Luke 22:62 “And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.” Have you ever hurt someone you love? Your parents, a sibling, your closest friends? I know I have. To be honest, I hurt quite a few people fairly recently. My last relationship was a very toxic one, and I didn’t...

Fascinating 40

Matthew 4:2 “After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.” Did you know the number 40 is mentioned 146 times in the Bible? Moses spent 40 days atop Mt. Sinai with the Lord when he received the Ten Commandments. He then spent 40 years in the desert,...