Retro

Unfortunately, most Christians do not understand the gospel, and because they don’t understand the gospel, they don’t live their lives in celebration of how big the good news actually is. In Luke 2, when the angel was announcing the birth of Jesus to the shepherds, he said, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring […]

Besides the accounts of the resurrection, the feeding of the 5,000 is the only other story told in each of the four Gospels. This is not by coincidence. Obviously, the Holy Spirit wants to teach us things from this story that carry great weight. The account in John 6 fascinates me the most, and therefore,

John 10:38 NASB  but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.” John 14:10-11 NASB  Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The

Colossians 3:1-4 NASB  Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [2] Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. [3] For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ

I can’t tell you how many times over the years I have heard someone explaining someone else’s behavior by saying, “They are just trying to find themselves.” I believe this is the journey that every human being takes because all of life ultimately flows out of our identity. Who we think or believe we are

Matthew 6:19-21 NASB  “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. [20] But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; [21] for where your treasure is, there

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 NASB  For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; [9] indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in

We don’t have to live our lives “stressed out;” instead, we get to live “resting in” the adequacy of Christ, who has brought our lives and our life story into union with His. Paul spent the last years of his life imprisoned under house arrest in Rome, and in Ephesians 3:1, he referred to himself

What kind of atmosphere do you live in? I mean, what’s it like in your home? What’s it like in your workplace? The environment that we live in shapes our consciousness, and what we are conscious of is what we manifest wherever we go. If the atmosphere that we spend most of our time in

2 Timothy 2:11-13 NASB  It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; [12] If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; [13] If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. The word