Theme of the Day: Focused Prayer Seeks What God Wants for Us, Not What We Think We Want from Him In a sense, prayer comes naturally to us. We want so we ask. We hurt so we cry out. We are frustrated so we vent. We are blessed so we give thanks. So we sometimes […]

Theme of the Day: Focused Worship Seeks Service from Jesus More Than Service for Jesus We call worship a “service.” Which raises the question: who is serving whom? In answering that question, it is easy to focus on what we do in worship. “I set aside time in my week to come to church. I […]

Theme of the Day: Focused Love Finds a Neighbor Rather Than Avoiding One We tend to think of distraction and focus as opposites. If someone is focused, they are not easily distracted by random events and encounters. If someone is focused, every decision about how to spend time and resources is calculated. Apart from Christ […]

Theme of the Day: Christ Provides Ministers to Proclaim His Word Christ has not only given us his powerful Word. In his grace, he gives us ministers who proclaim that Word to us in whatever ways we need at the time: words of comfort, words of instruction, or even words of rebuke. They humbly assume […]

Theme of the Day: A Focused Savior Has Focused Followers There are different types of followers: the half-hearted versus the committed. Jesus is uninterested in half-hearted followers who shoehorn him into their lives only when their other pursuits provide time for the Christ. Jesus wants followers who are all-in… who love him above all things… […]

Theme of the Day: Through the Word, the Lord’s Reign Over Evil Advances Jesus still drives back Satan and his allies just as he drove out demons while he walked the earth. Even though we must wait for the day of Satan’s final banishment to the abyss, the gospel has the power to break Satan’s […]

Theme of the Day: Through the Word, the Triune God Blesses Us The revelation of the Triune God is never a dry, boring or abstract doctrinal treatise. God reveals himself as three-in-one and one-in-three in order to bless us. Our creeds and confessions summarize the revelation God gives from the first verse of Genesis to […]

Theme of the Day: The Spirit Marches Victorious Through The Word Jesus, the God-man, has ascended into heaven to represent the world before his Father as mankind’s advocate. That did not mean the victory march of the gospel would be halted. As promised, Jesus sent another advocate. One the Day of Pentecost, Jesus poured out […]

Theme of the Day: Unity Marches Victorious In Diversity The church’s unity is built on truths that transcend outward differences. Through faith in Christ, every member of the church is united with him. Through faith in Christ, every member of the church washed clean of every sin. As a result, through faith in Christ, every […]

Theme of the Day: Joy Marches Victorious Over Circumstance If the world struggles to understand the kind of selfless love Jesus embodied and commanded, it will fail to understand the kind of joy he promises even more so. According to conventional wisdom, joy is a direct result of circumstance. Jesus, however, offers a far superior […]