Read 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 In the past, I’ve often been dismayed after finding out that a worship service would include communion. I knew that communion should involve serious self-examination, confession,...
Read Hebrews 9:23-28 When I first moved out of home I was broke. I did the best I could with my limited resources to stock my kitchen with the essentials—a...
Read all or portions of Leviticus 1-7 The first seven chapters of Leviticus introduce five sacrifices. Each one represents ways our relationship with God is restored: The burnt offering is...
Each Saturday during Lent, we will take some time as a church family to practice a different spiritual exercise together. Today, we are practicing and learning about the presence of...
Read Psalm 118:1-7 Repetition helps our recall ability. “His love endures forever” is repeated four times in these seven verses and “The Lord is with me” repeats twice. The temptation...
Read 1 Corinthians 3:16 1 John 4:9-16 “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16) “In this the love...
Read John 14:16-17 “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world...
Read Exodus 33:7-14 How cool is that!?! God meeting with Moses in a tent “as one speaks to a friend.” And what did Joshua see and experience as he accompanied...
Read Isaiah 7:14, 41:8-13 For years and years, I believed that God was a scary, malicious being, just waiting for me to mess up so that He could say, “GOTCHA!”...
Read Leviticus 1:1, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23 & 1 Corinthians 3:16 “The LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting.” (Leviticus 1:1) “Don’t you know...