Strengthening Faith, Love, and Hope
Strengthening Faith, Love, and Hope
For the past couple of weeks at Grace Church we have been discussing “the crossroad with a Goliath” in it, and we’ve been trying to learn some giant-slaying keys from David’s famous example. There are times in our lives, however, when our enemies are much smaller than Goliath. They’re not 9 ½ feet tall, fear-inducing giants with thirty pound spears—they’re foxes. They stand about two…
The Divine Mentor by Wayne Cordeiro: Chapter Four: a place of refreshment Well, this was another great chapter in our summer reading program. You’ve probably noticed by now that Pastor Wayne Cordeiro isn’t deviating much from his initial premise in this book: he wants us to spend time every day with God through His Word. He reiterates this one appeal so often that it makes…
I don’t think I’ve heard that expression since my Saturday morning cartoon days when the bad guys in my favorite shows would do their best to work their mischief, only to be thwarted by the good guys, and then exclaim, “Foiled again!” For a while, those words seemed to be the common refrain of bad guys who got stopped right before their badness was fully…
The Divine Mentor by Wayne Cordeiro: Chapter Three: the self-feeding program Hi everyone! I hope your summer is off to a great start, and I hope you’re getting a lot out of our summer book, The Divine Mentor. I loved this week’s chapter because Pastor Wayne shared how New Hope Fellowship in Hawaii has created a prevailing culture where people regularly spend time with God in…
We all cried a few weeks ago at the end of this school year as we said goodbye to Mr. Remedios and Mrs. Colinco (Amber and Maddie’s 6th and 3rd grade teachers). They were AWESOME teachers. They taught the girls well, they were sensitive to the uniqueness of the girls’ personalities, they were challenging, and they were fun. They were a large part of why…