Episode 38: Michael Jordan, Hurricanes, and Hard Candy
“God’s sovereignty means that he can coordinate and orchestrate every event in my life, every interaction, every decision as well as the butterfly effect of every other’s persons actions on this planet and every natural event, every molecule past, present and future, for my eternal good. While doing the exact same thing for every other […]
Episode 37: Prayer Walking
“Walking and praying obviously isn’t the only way of drawing near to God, nor is it a secret technique, but it was something that had helped me cultivate an awareness of God’s presence during this season. As much as I hope to see some of you on the streets, may we all draw even nearer […]
Episode 36: Speaking to Our Troubled Hearts
“The gospel offers us hope in a God who was not willing to spare His own Son, but instead gave him up freely in order to save us. Jesus Christ, our lord and Savior was forsaken on the cross so that we might not be forsaken because of our sin and rebellion against God. This […]
Episode 35: Meditating on the Works of God
“To meditate is to draw out the significance of the things that we remember. What does God’s salvation mean for me today? If this is true of who God is, then how should that shape the way that I think about where I’m at right now? May we be people who are confidently and freshly […]
Episode 34: Walking with the Wise
Proverbs 13:20 “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.” “We all walk with others. In this verse, walking is a metaphor for living life. We walk with others as we interact with people through conversation, emails, texts, what we read and who we listen to. We walk […]
Episode 33: Trust
“It all looks a little different right now, but in it all, we should be aspiring to glorify our Heavenly Father. Covid 19 should not push pause on our endeavors to honor Him. We need to be resolved even now to glorify God in whatever way we can. Everything needs to be about the Lord […]
Episode 32: Get Wisdom
“Instead of looking inside of ourselves or looking to this world, we gain wisdom by going to the Source of all wisdom, our Creator God who made this whole universe… In this season of uncertainty and even despair, let’s desire and seek out God’s wisdom as it will lead to hope to life and ultimate […]
Episode 31: Fueling our Faith and Worship
“One final encouragement – some of you feel stuck.. stuck in your anger… stuck in your worry… stuck in your fear… and in our counseling ministry we have seen different reasons for this – but one very common one is too much time fueling their idolatry and sin, and not enough time fueling their love […]
Episode 30: Impatience and Frustration
“As much as we are waiting for many things to happen, the one thing we should be waiting on the most is God. Waiting for other things that we think will give us stability and safety will always lead to impatience and unrest. But waiting on God, trusting in his story, his priorities will always […]
Episode 29: Grief and Lament
“Our close relationships, when they are at their best, bear this image of Christ to us. Like Christ they hear us, care for our tears, accept us, and don’t offer quick fixes or silver linings. Yet through prayer and sensitivity, they are somehow able to take us by the hand and journey with us toward […]
