Growing up, I always found myself looking for ways to be quietly useful. I was never the sort to enjoy the spotlight and yet I couldn’t help but feel left out when I wasn’t involved in something. Whether it be at recess during elementary where I wasn’t selected until late for teams due to...
Author: Stephen Lee (Stephen Lee)
Love the Lord With All Your Mind
“And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” – Matthew 22:37 Matthew 22:37 is NOT an illustration of the Christian’s need to love God selectively or compartmentally but for us to love with our whole being:...
A Treasure For All
“This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power.” – (Ephesians 3:6-7, ESV). ...
Death of Despair
Broken Instrument, Master Musician
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. – 2 Corinthians 12:9 My brother lives in Minnesota where he works doing instrument repair....
Faith as Small as a… Mouse?
“He said to them, ‘Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.’” – Matthew 17:20 What does it mean to...
A Community of Compassion
“Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only” (Philippians 4:14-15, ESV). Did you notice there was a Heart to Heart missing last week?...
A Still Small Voice
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash “And he said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but...
Do You Love Me?
Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do...
Do Just As I Have Done For You
“When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you...