Episode 25: Fervent Prayer
“So I encourage you to pray – not with a bunch of these and thous, but just pour your emotions and angst and frustrations out before God. Not as a means of catharsis or to nurse your grief or wallow in your pain, but because this is how you genuinely feel, this is real. And […]
Hope in God’s Bigger Story
Before the Covid 19 quarantine, a typical day in the life of our family might have looked like this: Wake up, mad rush to get everyone up, fed, and ready for school, feed all the pets, drop off kids to three different schools, grocery shopping, put away groceries, do dishes from last night’s dinner and […]
Episode 24: Fully Known
“God’s knowledge of you isn’t just cold, impersonal information. It’s a personal, intimate, wise, loving care and concern for his creation. That’s why David can pray “Search me and know me.” Family Worship Family Worship Devotional Download Open In Prayer Worship – My Life is an Offering – Give Me Jesus – Come Thou Fount […]
Episode 23: Contentment
“It’s taken a pandemic and all economy to come to a screeching halt for us to realize that the world turns not on our hands, but on his. Coronavirus makes us realize that even our daily bread is a gift from God that we don’t control. We don’t know when empty shelves will be restocked; […]
Recommended Resources: April 20, 2020
Book Recommendation from a Pastor When God Weeps by Joni Eareckson Tada Recommendation by Pastor Tim St. John The honor of counseling those who are suffering seems to always come with challenging questions like: “Why me, God?”,“How long will I have to suffer?”, and “What is God’s purpose for allowing all this pain?” Joni Eareckson […]
Episode 22: Hope for the Future
“So when the stay-at-home order begins to lift and you get to fill your calendar with events and get togethers. Be excited and savor those events, don’t take them for granted, but don’t stop there. Let your earthly joy propel your heart to the eternal joy that waits for us in heaven. The reason why […]
Episode 21: Hope During Change
“How much time are you spending on God’s Word each day? One encouragement would be to spend more time with the Lord, to think about His character and what He’s given us in Christ. Let’s hold fast to the gospel and not only preach it to ourselves, but truly meditate on what it means for […]
Episode 20: Fear Not
“A verse that I have clung to recently is Isaiah 55:9. It says, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. This is something that has brought me great peace. God himself is speaking and is describing the contrast between […]
Reflections on “Doing Fine” During COVID-19
Lighthouse’s last normal youth group was just over a month ago. By that time, COVID-19 had been in the headlines for a couple months, but increasingly so as the number of U.S. cases rose. There were slight concerns of things getting worse, but a global pandemic seemed more like a distant dystopia than a pending […]
Episode 19: Hope in Christ Over the World
“The antidote to worldly hopes that competes and seeks to distract our hearts from Christ – is to focus on Him more. That our thoughts and minds would preeminently think about Christ. To reflect on who Christ is and who you are as recipients of His saving grace. To do this with greater intensity and […]
