“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 It’s amazing what some may think about “treasure.” Most often it may be a large bank account, a big house, a new car, or just keeping on pace with the social class you’ve always wanted. I heard a new one over the …
Day 22: Appreciating Myself I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the …
Day 21: Tending the Garden Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look …
Day 20: Tending the Still, Small Voice Let anyone with ears to hear listen! (Mark 4.23) The Christian faith teaches that our God is a speaking God who communicates truth and love through Scripture, in the wonders of creation and as a still, small voice in the hearts of human beings. As we grow spiritually, …
Day 19: Tending to Burdens and Demands Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to …
Day 18: Tending to Others “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” …
Day 17: Tending to the Physical You realize, don’t you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 (The Message) Gardening is a physical activity. Planting, pulling weeds, pruning, hoeing and mowing all call for physical effort on the part of the gardener, and the only …
Day 16: Tending Finances For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6.21 We have a powerful relationship with money, whether we realize it or not. We each have a “money story,” and our handling of finances is a wonderful mirror that reflects our core values and unspoken assumptions. What does …
I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. Philemon 1:6 (NIV) Wow, what a weekend. Had a great Friday night at Celebrate Recovery’s 8-year birthday bash at Crossroads—amazing worship, amazing stories, amazing people, amazing God. The …
Day 15: Tending Time There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build; a …