Our first lesson for August begins at the right place. This lesson thinks about knowing God in our daily life. The scriptures are very familiar to you. Psalm 139 and Proverbs 3: 5-6 (one of my favorites and perhaps your's too.)
Psalm 139 tells us that God knows us intimately. He knows everything about us. Its not just that he knows what we look like, but he can see right through us and tell what is at the very core of our existence. The really remarkable thing is that even though God really knows us that intimately, he still loves us and guides us and keeps us. How many people do you think there are out there who are afraid that if their friends knew all about them they wouldn't be their friends anymore? I'm glad that God is not like that. Since God knows us that well it only makes sense that we should trust him.
More to come . . . .
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Our new Study begins August 1, entitled "Living Faith in Daily Life" We will explore the question "what difference does faith make when Sunday is over?" Topics include "Knowing God in Daily Life", "Enjoying the Life God Gives", "Building Community", and "Setting Right Priorities in a Money-Centered World."
Don't miss this new study!
Looking forward to fall: September 12th - BHBC Block Party
September 15 - Wednesday programming returns - including a Family Fellowship Meal!
September 19 - Sunday activities return.
Don't miss this new study!
Looking forward to fall: September 12th - BHBC Block Party
September 15 - Wednesday programming returns - including a Family Fellowship Meal!
September 19 - Sunday activities return.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Devotional
Hebrews 6:19 (New International Version)
19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
The hope that the writer of Hebrews is talking about here is the hope that we have in God and the promises he has made. This hope is an anchor for our soul in difficult times. We don't get washed away when difficulties come to our lives when we have our soul anchored in God's promises. I have need that word this summer. I have been to two funerals already this summer. My father-in-law died last month, and just this last week my father's sister, my aunt has met her eternal reward. My family has needed something to anchor our soul to in the midst of these difficulties.
Lloyd Ogilvie describes three kinds of anchors in his book A Future and a Hope, the lunch anchor, the working anchor and the storm anchor. Hope, Ogilvie says, is our "storm anchor." We can "stake our lives on His unchanging plan and purpose."* I'm glad for a storm anchor in my life. I trust that God is that same anchor in your life as well.
*Lloyd Ogilvie, A Future and a Hope, Dallas: Word Publishing, 1988, 139.
This was the devotional that I posted 7/19 for my online classes. I'll have to tell you, I am getting tired of funerals and weddings. I have been to two of each this last month and that's enough. I am trying to learn to depend on God as an anchor in the storm more and more.
I will post some thoughts from my funeral sermon next time.
19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
The hope that the writer of Hebrews is talking about here is the hope that we have in God and the promises he has made. This hope is an anchor for our soul in difficult times. We don't get washed away when difficulties come to our lives when we have our soul anchored in God's promises. I have need that word this summer. I have been to two funerals already this summer. My father-in-law died last month, and just this last week my father's sister, my aunt has met her eternal reward. My family has needed something to anchor our soul to in the midst of these difficulties.
Lloyd Ogilvie describes three kinds of anchors in his book A Future and a Hope, the lunch anchor, the working anchor and the storm anchor. Hope, Ogilvie says, is our "storm anchor." We can "stake our lives on His unchanging plan and purpose."* I'm glad for a storm anchor in my life. I trust that God is that same anchor in your life as well.
*Lloyd Ogilvie, A Future and a Hope, Dallas: Word Publishing, 1988, 139.
This was the devotional that I posted 7/19 for my online classes. I'll have to tell you, I am getting tired of funerals and weddings. I have been to two of each this last month and that's enough. I am trying to learn to depend on God as an anchor in the storm more and more.
I will post some thoughts from my funeral sermon next time.
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