Psalm 37:1-18 Meditation: Philippians – How can you tell if someone is a citizen of a nation? Is the only difference between citizen and non-citizen the origin of a pile of paperwork kept in the back of a drawer or a card in your wallet? Our citizenship in heaven isn’t verified by a slip of …
Tag: Belief
Friday, February 5
Psalm 69:1-23, 31-38 Meditation: John – The relationship between Jesus and his brothers is an odd one. It says in the passage that none of them believed in him, but their words and actions here are more dangerous than just sibling disbelief. They are encouraging Jesus to attend a festival where there will be people …
Wednesday, January 27
Psalm 49 Meditation: John - This passage is the Gospel in a nutshell. By believing in the fact that Jesus was sent by God, we are granted eternal life free of pain, fear, and sorrow. Through that belief we have crossed over from death to the everlasting life promised to us by our heavenly Father. …
Saturday, January 23
Psalm 30 Meditation: Genesis – The calling of Abram is a fairly well-known passage. It must have been confusing to hear that aging and childless Abram would be the father of a great nation. Sarai was known to be unable to conceive and both were quite old by this point. Of course, God can do …
Monday, January 18
Psalm 25 Meditation: John –Humanity has made a habit out of discovering, rejecting, and returning to new ideas. How long did it take between the discovery that the earth was round to when it was no longer blasphemous to say it was round? That discovery was no where near as important as what Jesus is …
Friday, January 15
Psalm 17 Meditation: John – This is Jesus’ first open miracle. He mentions that his time has not yet come. It’s also mentioned that after this first revelation of his glory, his disciples believed in him. If the disciples didn’t believe in Jesus before seeing the clear water turn into drinkable wine, why were they …
Friday, January 8
Psalm 113 Meditation: Exodus – The Israelites had a knack for testing Moses’ and God’s patience. God only saved them from slavery, parted the Red and released the waves onto the Egyptian army, lead them across the desert with flame and cloud, created bread from dew while they wandered… It sounds ridiculous that the Israelites …
Second Sunday in Easter
Listen. Listen to the pre-recorded Children’s Message together. You can find it at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall Review Why wouldn’t Pastor Nate climb on the tight-rope walker’s back, even if he believed the tight-rope walker could do it? [Hint to parents: it is possible to believe and be afraid at the same time.] How do we know that …
Going Deeper: April 19
Second Sunday in Easter Read John 20:19-31 together. Watch the sermon video (available at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall) Listen. What did you hear in the Scripture reading and the sermon? What is God saying to you? What do we learn about ourselves when it comes to fear and belief? What do we learn about Jesus, specifically how he …
Sunday, April 19
Psalm: 146 Meditation 1 Peter: Spiritual maturity is the responsibility of each Christian for himself. “Crave spiritual milk so that you may grow up in your salvation…” (v. 2) Spiritual milk is but the beginning, for eventually we must move on to solid food (see Hebrews 514). Peter later writes that we are a chosen …
