Posts with the tag “life”

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only ...  Read More

“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” – John 17:3Across the countless religions, worldviews, and cultures found on planet earth, we a...  Read More

God definitely still performs miracles today. In John 14:12 (NLT) Jesus says “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am g...  Read More

This is my first holiday season after losing a very close loved one.  Since he passed away mid-August, I’ve celebrated his birthday, my own, and Thanksgiving without him for the first time in my life....  Read More

About a month ago, I was sitting in the main chapel at Wesley and a burst of beautiful colors came streaming through the stained-glass window right where I was sitting. I remember tears streaming down...  Read More

My years of undergrad are marked by a desire to do right in the eyes of God, but no capability of executing those desires. I relate to what Paul writes in Romans 7:18, “For I do not do the good I want...  Read More

This year we, as a Wesley body, are diving into the idea of how to give our whole lives to the one who gives us life. When I first heard that phrase I began to ask God what that would look like on an ...  Read More

"And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that my name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times." - 2 Chronicles 7:16 You are His temple.Return my son. Return ...  Read More

Pride is believing that you can accomplish anything apart from God or to value your opinion or others above God’s. Pride has always been something that I personally struggled with over the years. I be...  Read More

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha...  Read More

Imagine our entire Wesley body, all 1000 + of us climbing up a mountain together. Now imagine that times five. Climbing up the mountain step by step, a crowd so thick forming not even the mountain top...  Read More

Whether you like to admit it or not, we all have pasts. We all used to be someone who we are not currently. Just for an example, in the not-so-distant past I was a nerd who did two things: played on N...  Read More

In this passage, Paul reminds us that because Christ died for us, we are no longer bound to live in our sin.He emphasizes our unity with Christ in both his death and resurrection and calls us to count...  Read More