IMPERATIVES FOR PEACE - Philippians 4:4-9

  In the most adverse of circumstances, Paul offers imperatives resulting in a peace that surpasses all understanding.

#PeaceImperatives

BEHOLDING HOPE - Jeremiah 32

 Throughout the entirety of scripture the word “behold” is held forth as an assurance of hope for the people of God

#BeholdHope 

THE PUNCHLINE OF FORGIVENESS - Matthew 18:21-35

 The punchline of forgiveness is no laughing matter.

#AHauntingDestruction

LIVING UP TO EXPECTATIONS - Matthew 13:1-23

Though many have sought to reduce faith down to nothing more than the intellectual belief of certain truth claims, we hauntingly aware of the expectations of true belief.

#Expectations

THE HIGH PRICE OF WORRY - Luke 12:22-30

 Some are so haunted by constant worry, it’s as if all of life is about waiting for bad things to happen.

#ExpensiveWorries

FAITHING YOUR FEARS - 1 Samuel 17

 What are the giants that haunt your fears? There is another reality in which your life can exist.

#FaithYourFears

SALVATION WITH CERTAINTY - 1 John 5:6-13

Of this you can be certain, the salvation God offers is eternal life, not temporary, momentary, or conditional life.

#SavedAndCertain

THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE… - John 13:31-38; 18:15-17, 25-27; 21:12, 15-22, 25

 Whether the baseball diamond or Federal court, one maxim remains constant, “Three strikes and you’re out.” 

#Graceball

THE COMPANY OF THE DENIED - Mark 14:32-36

The disappointment that God often says “No” to our prayers, can easily cloud the miracle that he answers at all.

#RequestDenied

COMPETING WITH A COMPLEX - Jeremiah 1:1-19

What could you possibly have in common with a prophet like Jeremiah? At one time or another, we have all been riddled with feelings of inferiority.

#ANewSelfPerception

THE OTHER SIDE OF “IF ONLY” - Acts 12:12,25; 13:5,13; 15:36-39

 If it were possible to move beyond the regrets of the past, would you be interested? And all the people said, “Amen!”

#FlippingTheScript

THERE’S A WAR ON - 2 Timothy 2:3-4

Christianity is not a religion of sanctuary decorum but a warfare for the soul of every person in the trenches of life.

#BootCampMentality

HIGH FASHION - Galatians 3:23-29

 

#fitcheck

LIFE’S ULTIMATE QUESTION - Matthew 16:13-18

 Out of all the major questions you may anticipate having to answer in the course of your lifetime, there is only one that carries the weight of eternal consequence.

#TheUltimateQuestion

THE HIGHEST SPEECH FORM - James 5:12-20

After mentioning in every chapter various patterns of destructive speech, James closes his letter by holding forth the one redeeming form of speech that is practiced exclusively by the church.

#AboveAllElse

WHY WAIT? - James 5:7-11

 In dealing with adversities of this present life, James offers an answer no one wants to hear: Patience.

#WhyWait?

HELP WANTED - Psalms 102

 #HelpWanted

THE BUSI-NESS OF LIVING - James 4:13-17

 If we imagined life as a business to be built, is yours being built to last? Or does it represent the flavor-of-the-day fads and trends that seek to capture the moment?

#BuiltToLast

WORDS BETTER LEFT UNSAID - James 4:11-12

 While Homer wrote, “Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid, ” James argue for even more words that are better left unsaid.

#WordsBetterUnsaid

SPIRITUAL SITUS INVERSUS - James 4:1-10

 What happens when the heart is in the wrong place?

#SitusInversus