Where are we storing our treasure?

Daily Readings – Exodus 7-8, Psalm 20, Matthew 19 Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”...

Ignoring the burning bush

Daily Readings: Exodus 3-4 “So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” And God said, “I will be with you.” -Exodus 3:10-12 Throughout our readings in...

Faith the size of a mustard seed

Daily Readings: Exodus 1-2, Proverbs 4, Matthew 17 “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” -Matthew 17:20 Faith the size of a mustard seed is a concept that can frequently...

What is our rock and our fortress?

Daily Readings: Genesis 49-50, Psalm 18, Matthew 16 Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter took him aside and...

“It was God who sent me”

Daily Readings: Genesis 41-46 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me...

Stepping out onto the water

Daily Readings: Genesis 35-36, Psalm 15, Matthew 14 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to...

Our God Heals

There is one person I never even wanted to pray for healing for at all. Me. I didn’t deserve it. There was more I could personally be doing to heal my back that has given me issues since high school. I could work out more consistently, do my stretches, get adjusted, etc. I wasn’t worthy of healing. I hadn’t been doing my part, why should I expect God to do his? It would almost be unfair for me to ask God for something that I clearly hadn’t earned.