by Steve Thomason | Feb 26, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, February 26. Matthew 14:1-12. Our theme this Lent season is “Living Upside Down.” Jesus tells us that the Kingdom of Heaven is one in which the last are first, the weak are strong, God’s love is the currency, and the king has the...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 25, 2015 | Devos
Wednesday, February 25. Matthew 13:44-58. Imagine that there was a field that was up for sale and it cost $500,000.00. That sounds like a lot of money, doesn’t it? You would probably never consider buying it, would you? Now, imagine that you had discovered that...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 24, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, February 24. Matthew 13:24-43. I once heard a wise pastor say, “If you are looking for the perfect church, and you find one, don’t join it. Because if you join it, then it won’t be perfect anymore.” Ouch. The fact is that there are no...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 23, 2015 | Devos
Monday, February 23, 2015. Psalm 32:1-2. Imagine that all your sin–all the envy, bitterness, hatred, fear, gossip, selfishness–is like a heavy, stinky, nasty coat that you’ve been wearing that makes you want to throw up it is so bad. Yet, it has been...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 20, 2015 | Devos
Friday, February 20. Matthew 12:33-50. Let’s imagine that you have a tube of toothpaste. Now, imagine that you paint the outside of the tube black, and then take a label from a tube of glue and paste it onto the tube of toothpaste. If you handed that tube to a...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 19, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, February 19. Matthew 12:15-32. Jesus is turning the world upside down. That is our theme for Lent this year. Do you know what happens when you turn the world upside down? The people who thought they were on top are suddenly on the bottom. That doesn’t...