The Book of Job gives us a glimpse of the
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We asked some of our MCAC members what Jesus’ resurrection means to them – here are their answers! Feel free to add your answers below.
In my last sermon about patience I shared my story about Psalm 40:1-6 and how it led me to understand grace. Psalm 40 is a multi-layered song about salvation:
Often times we focus on the stories of miraculous healing
In these turbulent times, where one day to another is
This weekend we will be studying Matthew 24 a chapter
During these troubled times, when the COVID-19 pandemic creates anxiety, chaos, and stress, may this version of Psalm 23 remind us that God is still with us – He will lead us through this valley and we are never, ever alone.
Passion Translation:
1 The Lord is my best friend and my shepherd.
I always have more than enough.
2 He offers a resting place for me in his luxurious love.
His tracks take me to an oasis of peace, the quiet brook of bliss.
3 That’s where he restores and revives my life.
He opens before me pathways to God’s pleasure
and leads me along in his footsteps of righteousness
so that I can bring honor to his name.
4 Lord, even when your path takes me through
the valley of deepest darkness,
fear will never conquer me, for you already have!
You remain close to me and lead me through it all the way.
Your authority is my strength and my peace.
The comfort of your love takes away my fear.
I’ll never be lonely, for you are near.
5 You become my delicious feast
even when my enemies dare to fight.
You anoint me with the fragrance of your Holy Spirit;
you give me all I can drink of you until my heart overflows.
6 So why would I fear the future?
For your goodness and love pursue me all the days of my life.
Then afterward, when my life is through,
I’ll return to your glorious presence to be forever with you!
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. – Matthew 6:33
I grew up on this verse. It was referenced in the children’s songs at Sabbath School, the Memory Verses at Pathfinders and frequently brought up throughout the week during my school’s Bible classes. I think I even heard my father quote it, which is a (very) rare occurrence.
Now, I mean to take nothing away from this verse, but I always struggled with it. Maybe it was because heaven, the Kingdom of God, was a very abstract thing to me. I couldn’t, and if I’m honest, still can’t really imagine it.
Panic-buying leading to empty supermarket shelves. Feeling jealous of other
“And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.”
1 John 5:14 NLT
Prayer and trust go hand and hand. If we trust God enough to pray to him, shouldn’t we trust him enough to believe he will answer our prayers the best way he sees fit? Remember that God sees what we cannot. If we truly think about some of the things we have prayed for over the course of our lives we should be grateful God did not say yes to everything we asked.