What if you don't know what you're asking?
We have an opportunity to practice the discipline of trust. We can relax into the watchful care of our wise God....
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What would you ask?
Imagine Jesus turned to you and asked you: “What do you want me to do for you?” ...
Keep ReadingWilling to pay attention
As we pour out our hearts to him, he hears us and responds in love. That doesn’t always mean giving us what we ask for, but it always means giving us his best....
Keep ReadingDepending on each other
God’s invitation to “together” is the only pathway to “better.”...
Keep ReadingSending with authority
There’s no sending without authority and there's no authority without sending....
Keep ReadingDon't go it alone
We need to be “together” in our pursuit of the “better.”...
Keep ReadingNot in a large group
Why didn’t Jesus send them out as one big group?...
Keep ReadingGrit in the face of rejection
As Jesus continued to faithfully visit town after town ...
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Leaving the family business
Following Jesus does, at times, come with a cost. He doesn’t offer us cheap discipleship....
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Drop your nets
Jesus’ invitation to follow him requires us time and time again to leave our nets, to leave behind even the good things that will distract us from following him....
Keep ReadingShaped from the Beginning
Jesus flips the script. He calls uneducated fishermen. He initiates the relationship. And that changes how the whole thing would work....
Keep ReadingDifferent and Alike
Every movement has a starting place....
Keep ReadingComing and Going
Don’t miss his purpose. Don’t miss his invitation....
Keep ReadingThat is why I have come
The dance between his Father and his friends, between solitary prayer and community life, that created an environment that was primed for Jesus to discover and rediscover his purpose....
Keep ReadingBypassing Honor
Jesus’ decision to move on to other towns and villages to preach meant that he wouldn’t be able to stick around to enjoy the honor and gratitude of all of the people he had directly and indirectly helped....
Keep ReadingPrayer and Purpose
God the Son ...
Keep ReadingEveryone's looking for you
How does the tug of popularity pull on your heart? ...
Keep ReadingA Patch of Green Grass
Our world is thirsty for “green grass,” for places where people can sit down together and connect with each other in meaningful ways....
Keep ReadingWhen God hands you broken bread
Don’t ever think that your small loaf of bread and your few fish aren’t enough to make a difference....
Keep ReadingWhy feed the crowd?
Great Bible study involves letting your imagination roam through a text, seeking understanding and insight....
Keep ReadingFor the sake of compassion
Watch out for God’s great compassion! His compassion will change the course of history. His compassion can transform your life....
Keep ReadingQuiet and Rest
There’s a rest that comes from quiet and a rest that comes from depending on Jesus. We, like Jesus’ disciples, need both....
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