Is it harder for you to work or to rest? I didn’t ask you which you would rather do – most would rather rest – but which do you find easier to do? For me, it is easier to work than to rest. When I’m resting, I feel like I’m wasting my life. So, even […]

Matthew 17:20–He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed,you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”  Sometimes we can come up against things and not sense we […]

In my quest to lose a few pounds to get ready for another marathon, I’ve been watching and studying many different diets. Although there are many varieties and methods of dieting, all of them seem to agree that it must be a lifestyle (permanent) change and not just a temporary change. Most people who do […]

Good Friday! This is the day to remember our Lord’s sacrifice for our sins. It is this one act that was done 2,000 years ago in a small country called Israel that divides human history squarely into two. Everything else in history is just a footnote to this monumental event. It is when God’s Son became […]

2 Timothy 1:7-for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. Consciously we don’t always consider how strong fear can be, though it can be the basis of many of the decisions we make and live by.  We can have fear of acceptance so we conform, fear of provisions so we’re greedy […]

During our Korean Bible reading session, in which we are reading Leviticus, a member asked why the sacrificial system was instituted. To our modern senses, killing an innocent animal seems almost barbaric. I gave two answers. 1) It foreshadows what Jesus would do for us. He is the lamb of God that takes away our sin. […]

Psalm 30:5–For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.“Tough seasons” in life can cause us to lose perspective, struggling to see beyond “the darkness” to what God is bringing together for His glory and our joy…During this time of “Holy Week” leading […]

Psalm 22:2-3–O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 3 Yet you are holy, enthroned onthe praises of Israel. What you hear is a man who is honest and open about his heart and desire for God to listen and answer his cry.  Frustrated and desperate […]

How much weight do we give to God’s reputation in our day to day decisions? For example, would you pass up on a promotion if God’s reputation would be tainted for you to take the promotion? Do you consider God’s reputation in your battle again sin? For example, when you are resisting sin, is it so […]

1 Timothy 1:13-14–though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. In a great sermon PH preached this past week on “sin and the fall”, he highlighted a condition that all of […]