Parents, bosses, co-workers, even friends put expectations on our life. But so does God. What does God expect of us? How does God want us to live? God wants us to live in such a way that we put Him before all things. Why? Because He made us to be in relationship with Him. When…
Have you ever just marveled at the beauty and power of nature? It always leads me to smile at God’s glory. Do you want to know more about God’s glory and how can we experience God’s Shekinah glory today? God’s Shekinnah glory is His vital and active dwelling presence in the world. God’s glory has…
Do you ever feel like God’s called you to something, but seeing the results takes forever? Yeah, I get that. So did Ezra and the Israelites of his day. So, let’s take a look at Ezra’s encounter with God and see what it reveals about God working in our lives today. Ezra’s experience with God…
You ever read a Bible story and just wonder, “What does this have to do with God working in my life?” Me too. So, today, we’ll look the story of Esther and see what Esther’s experience with God shows us about God working in our lives today. Esther’s experience with God shows us that God…
Life can feel routine. Get up, eat breakfast, go to work, come home, eat dinner, go to bed, repeat. That got me wondering how we can experience God in the midst of that routine, in our ordinary mundane daily life. We can experience God in our daily life when we have a desire for God,…
The other day I was participating in the Lord’s Supper and reflecting on Jesus’ death, and I got to thinking about the other sacraments and how we have encounters with Christ through them. There are two sacraments practiced by most Christians: Baptism and Communion. Then, there are five other sacraments that some Christian denominations and…
One time I was getting back in the car from a place and somehow a wasp got into the car. Let me tell you, I was afraid. This encounter with a wasp got me thinking about why we feel fear when we encounter God. So, I did some exploring in the Bible. People feel fear…
I do a lot of driving for work. But calling it driving is boring. I like to call it “going on an adventure.” On these adventures I experience lots of different things. It caused me to ponder the spiritual journey. And the ways we experience God on that journey. A spiritual journey is a phrase…
I was thinking the other day, about how people in the BIble experienced God. It feels like we don’t hear stories like that much anymore. So, I decided to explore Bible stories where people have experiences with God and see what we can learn from them. People who have experiences with God in the Bible…
I was watching His only Son the other day and got to thinking about Abraham’s encounters with God. Lot’s of people in the Bible had such encounters. So, it made me wonder how people could have an encounter with God today. So, I went exploring. We can have an encounter with God when we have…