What do we do when we hit road construction in life?
We’ve grown so busy we’ve forgotten why we gather, and our culture whispers that rest is laziness—but Exodus 20:8 calls us to remember the Sabbath as a gift, not a rule, a weekly sign that we belong to the God who rescues us and knows what we actually need.
God calls us to “civic” expressions of His love when elections go the way we hope and also when they do not.
We don’t always expect how God is going to lead us, but we can follow Him knowing He is very much with us every step of the way.
As we come an election and contemplate how much those around us drive us crazy, God calls us to a different path as the church than what the world says we ought to do. We turn to 1 Timothy 2 for insights into the Lord’s plan for us in a partisan world.
Most of us would never shrug off a slur against someone we love—yet we’ve grown comfortable around casual, empty uses of the name of the God we say we follow. The Third Commandment challenges us on that laxness.
God is the Savior — He rescues us from the issues big and small in our lives.
As we try to not just do something but something pleasing to God, how do we do that? How do we add the flavor of His love into a world that needs it?
God is faithful. We see that demonstrated in everything He does other than make His creation flourish.
Most of us hear “You shall not make for yourself a carved image” and assume the second commandment is aimed for some folks worshipping a metal statue long ago. But the same human frailty that raised the golden calf still reaches for something visible, manageable, and reassuring. What have we begun to trust, protect, or worship in place of the God who rescued us?