Going Through Valleys with God Does God promise that things will always be “good?” Should we be mad when things are rough in our lives? Often we get mad at God for hardships that come our way, asking and wondering “why” these things are happening, or why God would allow something like this in our lives. The thing is, God never promises a life without hardship. In…
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When Someone Saves Your Life, You Throw Them a Party!
When Someone Save Your Life, You Throw Them a Party A Christmas Reflection This was a quote I heard recently in a Christmas production. The point of the production wasn’t related to this quote at all, but somehow it stood out and deeply impacted me. Imagine for a moment that your family – whether that be wife or kids or parents etc… – are in danger. A known killer…
God’s Plan and Our Tendency to Meddle With it: a Sermon
Telling the Story of Jacob and Esau from Genesis 28-30 a primary theme emerges. Our human tendency to take things into our own hands and out of God’s. In this message prepared for Grace Church in Abbotsford BC, our tendency to assume we know how we should implement our own steps to make God’s plan and promises come true is highlighted. In this message I point out the consequences of…
Your Marriage is Like a Diamond for The World to See
I love marriage – for a different reason than you might think. One of my favourite things about marriage is the incredible illustration it represents of the power of Jesus’ relationship with us, his church. We are to love our spouse as Christ loves the church: selflessly, sacrificially, full of grace. I’m convinced that there is NO greater form of evangelism in our current culture than a Christ-centered marriage (Eph….
Why I’m Envious of These words “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?”
“It seems to me that Peter questioned his ability to walk on water, what Jesus had called him to do NOT Jesus himself.”
“No one else will ever be able to say they stood on water next to Jesus.”
God Wouldn’t Ask Me for EVERYTHING Would He?
So many fear the risk of following God, we don’t want to give up everything we love. Trusting God isn’t all or only about loss, but it is about security, and He teaches us in baby steps.
The Happy T-Shirt Accident – A Perfect Expression of Grace
The other day, Josiah and I were not seeing eye to eye. He was on a complaining and whining rampage. Nothing was good enough in his world and any kind of formal activity made him angry. He wanted to stay home and play video games and nothing was going to convince him otherwise. I was patient and gave him lots of space, but after 2 hours of complaining, banging walls…
4 Ways to Swing Your Kids Towards Jesus
Have you ever seen those pictures with kids swinging? Not the ones where they are on an actual swing, the ones where they are holding their parents’ hands and being swung in a circle. The look of pure joy on their face is incomparable. The smile is without reservation and joy exudes from every pore of their body. I love those pictures. They make me smile and bring happiness to…
