And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. Matthew 8:26 Have you ever felt like parenting was the equivalent to sailing a fishing boat in a hurricane? If you haven’t, you will! Raising
This past week our mission team from Hope Rock Church was able to worship with beautiful people in Roatan, Honduras. They packed their unairconditioned room and sang with passion, conviction, and joy. As they worshipped, the Lord inhabited their praises as the sound traveled out the open windows on the sea breeze to the ears
Have you ever felt inadequate for a God-sized task? When we consider the great task of leading the lost to Jesus it makes us feel feeble. We wonder if God could ever use us to lead someone to Christ. “What if I can’t answer all their questions?” “I’m no preacher.” That was Moses! In the
Boasting in our weakness,2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV)30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.If there ever was a statement that seemed counterintuitive this is it. Normally we boast of our strengths, the things that we are good at doing. Yet Paul says it’s better to boast about our
Have you ever been in a situation where you wondered if God had forgotten you? In the Bible there are 2 men who had every reason to feel forgotten, Joseph (the abused and imprisoned) and the Apostle Paul (the beaten and shipwrecked).
Just like Moses and the Israelites, against the backdrop of an advancing enemy, when life and trials are at their most challenging, the Lord speaks to us. On the one hand, we have troubles in the form of an army bearing down on us and on the other, what seems like a dead-end with nowhere