LIFELINES

August 13 – September 3, 2023

Prayer is a lifeline to life change. Unfortunately, many followers of Jesus struggle with this practice. But, as is so often the case, the practices that expose us initially are the same ones that change us eventually. You just have to keep practicing....

If prayer is communion with God, then we not only need to learn how to talk to Him, we must also learn how to listen to God. Listening begins when we recognize our need, know God’s word, and approach through Jesus....

In a highly individualistic society where we can be our own person and fight for independence from the time we learn to tie our shoes until it slips away from us in our old age, we often overlook the undeniable reality that everybody needs somebodies to live....

God gave His people the practice of hospitality. The word means "love of the stranger or outsider." But hospitality is more than just a disconnected act. It's a posture of the heart that helps you see, feel, and act. You have no idea what that little gesture of hospitality will do in light of eternity....