Jesus says love your neighbor as yourself.  So who is a neighbor, and how do we show them love? To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. Mark 12:33

Have you ever tried to setup an electronic device without using the owner’s manual?  Sometimes it can be so confusing and frustrating. Did God give us an owner’s manual for life? 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but doesContinue Reading

Are you burdened down today?  Many of us carry burdens that we aren’t meant to carry, like shame and fear.  God wants us to trade our burdens with his.  And share him with those around us. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, andContinue Reading

Planning your life is like building a house, you need a really skilled designer.  Who is your designer? For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. Hebrews 3:4

In the book of John Jesus washes the feet of his disciples.  Why does he focus on the feet? 5 Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. 6 He held fast to the LORD and didContinue Reading

Apple trees, during the winter, are waiting for spring.  This season of waiting and replenishing is necessary.  Do we humans go through the same process with God? He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. JohnContinue Reading

A grill is a great tool, but it is only as good as the chef that is using it.  God is our master chef, he knows how to use his tools. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. Job 23:10

Have you ever tried to cook with a laptop?  Of course you wouldn’t try to do that!  But are you living your life in a way that you were not created for? For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. EphesiansContinue Reading

Are you fumbiling trying to figure out how to live life for yourself?  Try letting God help you. Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding Proverbs 3:5