Vacation 2010 – Day 1

What a wild start to our vacation! Last night we got sidetracked in our preparations, so things took longer than we had planned.  We finally called it quits at 2:00 this morning.  Got up at 7:30 and finished organizing stuff, then packed it all in the car.  It all fit...

Heavens and Earth

Genesis 1:1 (NIV) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. So when God started creating, what did He create?  I mean, what exactly is included in the words “the heavens and the earth”? Let’s start with the heavens.  The Jewish people...

The Goal

Colossians 2:1-3 (NIV) 1 I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally.  2 My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of...

Walking Like Jesus

1 John 2:3-6 (NIV)      We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.  The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.  But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made...

Streams

John 7:37-39 (NIV) 37 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.  38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within...