Read Luke 20:19-26 Thought for the Day: I need to respect earthly authority but worship God! What’s at your center? What do you allow to define you? Take a few moments to consider what you allow to be the non-negotiable(s) in your life. A particular political ideology?...
Read Mark 5:25-34 Thought for the Day: Each of us matters to Jesus! She couldn’t do anything without feeling shunned and shamed. Having lived with a medical condition beyond her control for twelve years, she had turned to every cure and remedy known to civilization. But nothing...
Read Luke 22:14-23 Thought for the Day: Today is a great day to slow down! When raising children to know and love Jesus, there are few things more important than family mealtime. While we can find it easy to make time for outside activities and general busyness,...
Read Matthew 22:34-40 Thought for the Day: I can love God with both word and action! In the Old Testament times, many Jewish rabbis began the practice of taking Deuteronomy 6:4-8 literally and wearing small boxes on their foreheads with the command to “love the Lord your...
Read Luke 9:23-27 Thought for the Day: I am called to live with an eternal perspective! In 1956, a Christian missionary named Jim Elliot was killed in Ecuador by the very people he had gone down to preach the Gospel to. Having gone to Ecuador to spread...
Read John 15:12-15 Thought for the Day: Jesus calls each of us ‘friend’! It would be an oversimplification to say that Joseph Scriven lived a tragic life. After college, he fell in love with a young woman and was eager to spend his life with her. Tragically,...
Read Matthew 6:5-15 Thought for the Day: Forgiveness leads to forgiveness! It has often been said that ‘winning leads to winning’. In sports, the most successful programs are able to maintain winning streaks and dynasties because they build the right culture. Imagine being a high school athlete:...
Read Matthew 18:21-35 Thought for the Day: Forgiveness lays the ‘ghosts of the past’ to rest! A special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Terry Waite, was sent to the Middle East in the 1980s where he negotiated the release of multiple hostages. His efforts were successful...
Verse of the Day - Proverbs 16:3 Thought for the Day: God can help us find meaning today! Although he is not the central character in the film Forrest Gump, much can be learned from Lieutenant Dan’s transformation. Leading a platoon through Vietnam, Dan is stuck in...
Read Colossians 3:12-17 Thought for the Day: Little actions go a long way! In the middle of my 3rd Grade year, my parents moved to the small town of Wyndmere, North Dakota. With a population of 492, my elementary school rarely got new students and never in...