Like a Tree Planted by Streams of Water

“He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.” (Psalm 1:3-4) We considered last week that this...

Blessed is the MAN

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night (Psalm 1:1-2). As we think about this past week’s...

Depending On God in Trials

As we continue to memorize verses in James 1 together, James begins to talk about the value of steadfastness. We go through various trials and confess that we are not in control, but God is. James doesn’t say that if we confess this, then God will take away the...

Finding Joy in Sickness and Trials

Over this winter there have been a lot of sicknesses for many families in our church. For many of you, it’s probably felt like a continuous cycle of sickness revolving from child to child to adult back to child! I wonder if any of you, in the midst of the sicknesses...

Like-Minded Christians

“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.” –...