One Minute Wednesday takes a look at a second conversation Jesus has in the last hours, this one with Pontius Pilate. Pilate said to him (Jesus), “What is truth?” – John 18:38 The question we are so familiar with from Pilate was his final comment to Jesus in this passage, and came at the end …
One Minute Wednesday – The Flesh Is Weak
One Minute Wednesday classics takes a look at three conversations Jesus has in his last hours before the crucifixion.. “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” – Matthew 26:41 This well-known statement is actually only half the verse and a third of Jesus response to Peter in the garden. …
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One Minute Wednesday – Consider it all Joy
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. – James 1:2,3 If I’m going through a hard time, I want empathy. In this verse, the writer James skips the feels and gets right to the point. You’re suffering…consider it …
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One Minute Wednesday – What Do I Really Want?
If God acted like we wanted him too, it might look like a little like Jim Carrey in this clip. One Minute Wednesday classic takes on a familiar verse that makes us ask, “what do I really want?” Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. – …
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Fridays: Declare victory and move on
I often take Friday to review my week, and hopefully end the afternoon with enough task accomplishment that, whatever else may have transpired during the week, I head into the weekend with a little momentum. Today it involves getting a few more things cleared off my desk, a little more time …