James 1:2-3 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.” I love the term “rescue story” because that is exactly how I feel—rescued from so many trivial things and...
In my 69 years, I’ve never really felt like I was being rescued – at least while it was happening. But in retrospect there are instances where God has obviously intervened in my life even though I was not waiting on Him. Two months before my twelfth birthday, my father died leaving...
I once owned a ski boat. My husband says I owned it three years and talked about it twenty. But, hey, they were a great three summers! (He’s probably just jealous because we weren’t dating then.) Back to the rescue story… People can lead you astray when you don’t follow...
James 4:14, “Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.” I graduated from Warren Central high school in 2001, didn’t go to college, almost joined the military, and ended up getting a...
There is that moment when you realize you are hopelessly lost. You are cold, it is dark, and you are terrified…. In my mid-twenties, I was aimlessly drifting through life, out of touch with my faith, and making all of the wrong decisions. I drifted from job to job, place to...
Sermon Text: Luke 1:67-79 What would you think about if you were Zechariah? Nine months without speaking?! Would you be frustrated or mad? Would you think your condition was permanent? Would you be overjoyed as you watched your wife prepare to give birth to your first child? Would you be...
Thanks for checking out our Advent Devotional Guide. Our sincere hope is that this guide helps Meadowbrook families move through the season of Advent together. Posts will upload daily to this blog and to the Meadowbrook app beginning on November 29th (Jesus Storybook Bible track will begin...