receive (dechomai)-a ready and deliberate reception (Vine’s)
In our growing town, there are many opportunities for fresh church plants as they eagerly knock on doors.
These ones who come to our doors do not only go out with words, but in their whole person. Will they be received? their image, presence, personality as they encounter people cold turkey? Or is this even important?
“Whoever [...]

Entrusting to Jesus…entrusting anything of value to Jesus. Somehow we deceive ourselves into thinking that if we do this we are in fact throwing it away. Instead we tend to walk through life continually “pierced with many griefs” (1 Tim 6:10).If we evaluate the thing of very most value we could say it would be [...]

“and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters” (Gen 1:2)
Of the mysterious ministries of God’s Spirit, here is a glorious one to consider. He was “brooding upon” the waters. Elsewhere this same word is used: “like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers (flutters) over its young” (De 32:11)…watching, protecting, caring.
If [...]