15: 5-8 “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make…
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Abiding: Do you hesitate?
Jesus imagined a life beyond the altar call. A desire to follow Him for more than just getting to Heaven. In John 15, Jesus creates a picture of what that life looks like. He is the Vine, and we are the branches. We are to abide. In one another. What? Jesus, Son of God, Word…
Are you blocking you?
John 8:32 “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” Ever think you could be blocking you? Right. Me, neither! The above verse tends to be a crowd favorite. Who doesn’t want to slap that verse on a coffee mug and sing a praise song? But the reality underneath–one that…
Locking Eyes with Grace
John 8 recounts a time when Jesus was interrupted by a group of Pharisees as he taught in the temple. They had a woman who was caught in the act of adultery, and according to the law of Moses, she should be stoned to death. Also, according to this law, they needed two witnesses (v….
What else happens…..
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 So I spent a year imagining how the garden in the front yard of our new house could be transformed. Hedges, bushes, and small trees were overgrown with all sorts of…
The great switch
This post is somewhat of a departure. It is a prayer following a time when God shone His perfect light in areas of my life that needed to change. This is for all those who are being held captive by false thinking–who need to quit believing lies and replace them with Jesus, the Truth, Who…
To all the runners and hiders
We can’t hide from God. That is Good News for all us runners and hiders.
When God is quiet and the world is noisy
My husband didn’t put fifty-one candles on the cake. He is a smart man. Instead of setting up my classroom for the new school year this August, I’m home, having taken a leap of faith, quitting my job, and waiting on God. He has shifted our family in the context of national and international unrest…
When following Jesus hurts….
Left on their own, vine branches harbor disease and grow spindly, then die. They head off in wrong directions. God’s good nature is to prevent that. But, sometimes it hurts.
We are pruned.
What blocks victory
There’s a stretch of time between God calling Gideon a mighty warrior and Gideon acting like one. Gideon had questions. Gideon needed proof. An angel of the LORD met him and Gideon made excuses. Perhaps that is what happens when a culture drifts away from intimacy with God. They forget Who God is. What He…
A Girl and Her God 