Love that Lives

Love that Lives

1 John 4 (NRSV) 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into...
Who Are You, Lord?

Who Are You, Lord?

Acts 9 (CEB) 1 Meanwhile, Saul was still spewing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest, 2 seeking letters to the synagogues in Damascus. If he found persons who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, these letters would...
The Rescue Mission

The Rescue Mission

Exodus 3 (NRSV) 1 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked,...
The Fruit of the Earth

The Fruit of the Earth

John 12 (NRSV) 23 Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit. 25 Those who love their...
Whole in Christ

Whole in Christ

Philippians 2 (NRSV) 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 I thank my God for every remembrance of you, 4 always in every one of my prayers for all of you, praying with joy 5 for your partnership in the gospel from the first day...