Meet the Maker

SCRIPTURE: Prov. 13-15; Rom. 11 Proverbs 13:24  24 A refusal to correct is a refusal to love;    love your children by disciplining them. Romans 11:33-36 Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s...

Speak, They’re Listening–most of the time…

SCRIPTURE: Prov. 10-12; Rom. 10 Romans 10:14-17  But how can people call for help if they don’t know who to trust? And how can they know who to trust if they haven’t heard of the One who can be trusted? And how can they hear if nobody tells them? And how...

Transformation

SCRIPTURE: Prov. 7-9; Rom. 9 Romans 9:31-33 How can we sum this up? All those people who didn’t seem interested in what God was doing actually embraced what God was doing as he straightened out their lives. And Israel, who seemed so interested in reading and...

Root Causes

SCRIPTURE: Prov. 4-6; Rom. 8 Romans 8:1-4 With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ’s being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation. The...

Be

SCRIPTURE: Prov. 1-3; Rom. 7 Romans 7:14-25 I can anticipate the response that is coming: “I know that all God’s commands are spiritual, but I’m not. Isn’t this also your experience?” Yes. I’m full of myself—after all, I’ve...