No Fear in Love

Luke 12:12 “for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.” I can vividly remember the first time I gave a sermon. Sweaty palms, a stack of word-for-word notes on the podium, awkward giggles, and lots of “likes” and “umms.” I was in high school...

Around the Backside of Your Heart

Romans 5:5 “And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” Music is pretty neat. I am sitting outside on a beautiful day and listening to the birds’ chirp...

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...

Arrested for You

John 18:4-5 “Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, ‘Who is it you want?’ ‘Jesus of Nazareth,’ they replied. ‘I am he,’ Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with...

Passover With Jesus

Luke 22:15 “And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” When I was 13-years-old I can vividly remember sitting in the sanctuary of my home church, tables spread across the room with perfectly adorned tables set for...

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,...