Pastor Tim takes us to Haggai this week as we think about our priorities, our struggles to focus on the Lord and the wonder of His fulfilled promises.
The Lord’s Prayer encourages us to see how we should related to God, His Kingdom and our needs.
When things are tough, how do we have confidence in God’s promises?
Where do we turn when things get tough? Shouldn’t the Christian life be easier?
Most of us know what it feels like to pray with one eye on the people around us—wondering whether we sound holy enough, reaching for language we’d never use in ordinary conversation. In Matthew 6, Jesus warns us that prayer aimed at impressing an audience—human or divine—has already received its only reward.
Pastor Tim considers how the short book of Obadiah tells us a lot about how God is working in the less than ideal circumstances of the world.
Do we understand the fullness of what God is going to do? Definitely not.
We can do the right thing and still face an uncomfortable question: are we doing it because God called us, or because we want people to notice? In Matthew 6, Jesus assumes his people will give to those in need, then warns that even this good act can become a way of practicing righteousness “to be seen by others.”
Are we going through ritual expecting nothing can be done or are we ready for God’s Word to redirect us?
Most of our days do not feel like turning points in history; they feel like errands, obligations, and familiar routines, leaving us to wonder whether our lives matter in any story beyond our own. Those on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in Acts 2 might have wondered the same thing.