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Humility Month Day 17: Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Pastor Jesse

We may be content to remain what we call ‘ordinary people’: but He is determined to carry out a quite different plan. To shrink back from that plan is not humility; it is laziness and cowardice. To submit to it is not conceit or megalomania; it is obedience. CS Lewis Continue reading →

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Humility Month Day 16: Wanting Power in God’s Kingdom

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Pastor Jesse

In this world people love power. But what does it mean to be powerful in God’s Kingdom? Continue reading →

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Humility Month Day 15: Jesus Calms a Storm

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Pastor Jesse

Lord Jesus, I’ve been there. Following you, trusting you, and doing as you said, I looked up and found myself and my friends in a big storm. And we didn’t see you at first. In a panic we called. You weren’t in a hurry. You weren’t concerned at all. Eventually, at your word, the storm was over. Everything was calm. I felt your rebuke and then felt foolish. Where was my faith? But then my fears shifted from the storm to the one who calmed it. I had grown so comfortable with you that it was shock, and I had to wonder: who is this Jesus? Help me to know you and to remember who you are in every storm. Amen. Continue reading →

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Humility Month Day 13: Why Give and Pray in Secret

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Pastor Jesse

Make us masters of ourselves,
that we may be the servants of others.
In the name of Jesus Christ,
we bless you for the gift of our lives. Continue reading →

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Humility Month Day 12: Learning to Love Enemies

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Pastor Jesse

Through the dark night pride becomes humility, greed becomes simplicity, wrath becomes contentment, luxury becomes peace, gluttony becomes moderation, envy becomes joy, and sloth becomes strength. Continue reading →

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