Monday Mission - What is God Asking of You?
Do you ever feel like God changes His mind about the track for your life? Like you feel you have Him figured out and can anticipate the work and path that the Lord has you on, but then you start to question His nudges?
Monday Mission - What is the center or your life?
Is Jesus the center of your life? I’m sure we’d all say yes or want to say yes, but the fact is for most of us, most of the time, the center point of our life is ourselves. Typically, this is a comfortable, stable place to be. The downside is that you don’t grow or change in this place.
Monday Mission - Joshua's Preparation
The succession of Moses and Joshua's preparation.
Monday Mission--Think About What You Think About
Your thoughts have power. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "You are what you think all day long!" So when you think about what you think about, what comes to mind? When you ask yourself this question, how are you centering your thoughts. If you are anything like me, at times it's a huge challenge to find framework in the many thoughts that circulate inside my head. The apostle Paul also helps put thoughts in to perspective in Philippians 4:8 (NIV), "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things."
Monday Mission - Buy the Birdseed
Last spring as the winter snow began to melt off our deck, my husband approached me with a proposition – “I think we should get some bird feeders for our deck.” My initial response was skeptical. My mind raced with a million doubts. But my husband has a passion for animals, so I swallowed my doubts and let him buy and set up the bird feeders…
Monday Mission - Is It Important? Then Make it Important!
I'm quite sure that many of you who are reading this have either attempted and perhaps even succeeded with following a Bible in a…
Monday Mission - Seek the Lord
Today seek the Lord and praise His glorious name!
Monday Mission - Do Not Let the Sun Go Down on Your Anger (Ephesians 4)
Ephesians 4:26 says "...do not let the sun go down on your anger." This simple instruction can have many positive impacts on a person's life…
Monday Mission: Share your Favorite Verse
Devotion today provided by: Jenna Finkenhoefer. I was in church a few weeks ago, and during the service, someone mentioned their favorite verse from the Bible. After I left church, I started to think about this statement, and as someone who routinely writes down and saves quotes, I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t have one!
Monday Mission - Living Water
We’re in the middle of summer right now in Iowa and even though we saw some cooler temperatures last week, we know the Midwest well enough to see the hot July heat coming back soon.
Monday Mission - Stand up and be bold
We need to stand up and be bold proclaimers of the One who saved, knows, and loves us more than anything.
Monday Mission - Mission to Serve
Who is the greatest?