“For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,” 1 Thessalonians 1:4 ESV Reflection: why does God “choose” some and not others? In my early management career in high tech, a woman from a different department kept asking me about the possibility of working in my group. And even if I didn’t […]
“We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,” I Thessalonians 1:2-3 NKJV Reflection: how can faith become “work”, in a
““For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.” Isaiah 66:18 NKJV Reflection: how can we participate in spreading the gospel among the nations? It is amazing, when you stop think about it. The good news about
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“Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one
““For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.” Isaiah 65:17 ESV Reflection: what kind of future do you want? Being responsible for strategy for a large, multinational business, I learned to look at macro trends in many facets of world and
“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that was not called by my name.” Isaiah 65:1 ESV. Reflection: how would you describe someone who
“Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence— as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence!” Isaiah 64:1-2 ESV Reflection: what excuses have you
“Your holy people held possession for a little while; our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary. We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.” Isaiah 63:18-19 ESV Reflection: how can your faith in God be seen in how you take care of things?
“Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.”” Isaiah 63:1 ESV Reflection: what is the difference between love and fear? They seem like such opposites, fear and love,
“On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the Lord in remembrance, take no rest, and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.” Isaiah 62:6-7 ESV Reflection: what is your
