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...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 18, 2015 | Devos
Ash Wednesday, February 18. Matthew 18:1-9. Would you like to be a child again? It is not uncommon for high school students and adults to say, “wouldn’t it be great to be a kid again. Not a care in the world.” Let’s face it. Kids in our country...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 17, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, February 17. Matthew 12:1-14. Jesus was a trouble maker. Today’s reading shows us two examples of how Jesus made the religious leaders furious. Both stories have to do with the same theme: Jesus chose mercy over following the rules. The law of Moses...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 16, 2015 | Devos
Monday, February 16. Psalm 41:1-10. This is a big week in the life of the church. In two days we will observe Ash Wednesday and begin the forty-day journey of Lent. This is a time when we are reminded that “from dust we came and from dust we will return.”...