When Our Plans FailReading: Proverbs 3:5-7 -- a call to trust God completely rather than leaning on human understanding, acknowledging Him in all directions of lifeThe Israelites marched into battle a...  Read More

Entering His Presence IntentionallyReading: Hebrews 13:5, James 4:8God has made an unbreakable promise: He will never leave nor forsake His people. Yet so often we live as though He is absent, simply ...  Read More

Present in the Religious System, Absent from GodReading: Matthew 7:21-23, Isaiah 29:13Jesus warned plainly that many who performed religious acts in His name would hear the devastating words, "I never...  Read More

The Noise That Drowns Out GodReading: Psalm 46:10, Mark 1:35Psalm 46:10 calls us to be still and know that God is God. In Mark 1:35, we see that even Jesus withdrew from the noise of ministry and crow...  Read More

Tuning In to the Voice of GodReading: 1 Samuel 3:8-10Three times Samuel heard his name called, and three times he missed it. It was not until Eli gave him the framework to listen that Samuel could res...  Read More

The Silence Before the VoiceReading: 1 Samuel 3:1-7Samuel lived at the center of Israel's religious life, yet the text says he did not yet know the Lord. This is a sobering reminder that proximity to ...  Read More

Your Story Is Part of His Story Reading: Ruth 4:13-17; Hebrews 11:1Obed was born. Naomi held him in her arms. Neither she nor Ruth nor Boaz had any idea that this child would become the grandfather of...  Read More

Faithfulness That Points Beyond Itself Reading: Ruth 3:1-13; Ephesians 2:10Boaz acted as a kinsman-redeemer, a person obligated by covenant to restore what was lost to a vulnerable family member. His ...  Read More

The God of Seemingly Small Moments Reading: Ruth 2:1-12; Proverbs 16:9Ruth set out to glean in the fields, and as the text says, "as it turned out," she ended up in the field belonging to Boaz. "Just ...  Read More

Turning Toward God in Bitterness Reading: Ruth 1:19-22; Job 2:9-10Naomi arrived in Bethlehem and asked to be called Mara, meaning bitter. She placed her grief squarely before God and made no attempt t...  Read More

When Life Falls Apart Reading: Ruth 1:1-5; Psalm 34:18Naomi lost her husband and both of her sons in a foreign land. Everything that provided security, identity, and hope was stripped away. The openin...  Read More

Give Me Eyes to SeeReading: Psalm 139:23-24 and 2 Kings 6:15-17Samson's final prayer was for revenge. He asked God to strengthen him so he could repay the Philistines for what they had done to his eye...  Read More