Always Rejoice
In his letter to the Philippians, Paul gives an exhortation to “Rejoice in the Lord always – and again I say, rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4). Paul had been arrested and sent to Rome to await trial. He spent his days and nights under house arrest, chained to a Roman soldier, but was still able to say, […]
Siempre Regocijados
En su carta a los Filipenses, Pablo les motiva diciendo “Regocijaos en el Señor siempre. Otra vez digo: !!Regocijaos!” (Filipenses 4:4). Pablo había sido arrestado y mandado a Roma para esperar su juicio. Él ahora pasaba sus días y noches encadenado con un soldado Romano, pero todavía fue capaz de decir, regocijense…siempre! Cuando empezamos a […]
Free Of Thorns
In the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:3-8), Jesus told about a farmer who scattered seed on four different types of soil: packed, shallow, thorny, and fertile. In this parable, the seed refers to the Word of God and the soil refers to those who hear the Word. Those of packed soil have hearts which […]
Libre de Espinos
En la parábola del sembrador (Mateo 13:3-8), Jesús habla acerca de un sembrador quien esparcía semillas en cuatro tipos de tierra: compacta, de poca profundidad, espinosa, y fértil. En esta parábola, la semilla se refiere a la Palabra de Dios y la tierra se refiere a aquellos que oyen la Palabra. Aquellos de tierra compacta […]
The Father’s View
In the message “Cut The Lifeboats” we were encouraged to cut away those areas of our life which still cling to the world’s answers for fulfillment and security – those areas which keep our hearts from being fully devoted to God. But at the same time, we acknowledged this can be a difficult process. One […]
Visión del Padre
En el mensaje “Corta Los Botes Salvavidas” fuimos animados a eliminar aquellas áreas de nuestras vidas que todavía están aferradas a las respuestas del mundo para satisfacción y seguridad – aquellas áreas que detienen nuestros corazones de ser completamente devotos a Dios. Pero al mismo tiempo, reconocemos que este puede ser un proceso difícil. Una […]
Cut The Lifeboats
At the end of his third missionary journey Paul was arrested in Jerusalem, transferred about 40 miles up the road to Caesarea, and made to sit in prison for over two years before being sent by boat to stand trial in Rome. During the journey to Rome, a storm blew the ship off course and […]
Corta los Botes Salvavidas
Al final de su tercer viaje misionero, Pablo fue arrestado en Jerusalén, transferido cerca de 40 millas del camino a Cesarea, y estuvo sentado en la prisión por más de dos años antes de que fuera enviado por barco para su juicio en Roma. Durante el viaje a Roma, una tormenta desvió el barco y […]
Prodigal Update
Last week I sent out a four message series on the Prodigal Son from Luke 15. Many of you will know that these messages had their origin years ago as our family struggled through our own prodigal story with our eldest daughter, Stacey. As stated in the messages, the story of the Prodigal Son has […]