Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: christianity

  • Hope Begins Before We See It

    Scripture:“But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.” — Romans 8:25 There’s a sacred truth embedded in this verse that we often forget: hope starts working long before the answer arrives. Hope is not the celebration that comes once everything falls into place. Hope begins in the…

  • Disciples’ Path Week 6: Our UMC Vows

    Vows 1 & 2: Renouncing Sin + Resisting Evil Scripture:“For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” — Ephesians 5:8 We begin our journey with honesty. The first two vows ask us to renounce the powers of darkness and resist evil, injustice, and…

  • Disciples Path: Week 4: Day 4 – The Structure and Organization of the UMC

    1 Timothy 3:1-7, CEB This saying is reliable: if anyone has a goal to be a supervisor[a] in the church, they want a good thing.  So the church’s supervisor must be without fault. They should be faithful to their spouse, sober, modest, and honest. They should show hospitality and be skilled at teaching.  They shouldn’t…

  • Disciples Path: Week 4: Day 3 – Oh How You Shine!

    Romans 12:4-8, The Message In this way we are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around. The body we’re talking about is Christ’s body of chosen people. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part…

  • Disciples Path: Week 4: Day 2 – You’re Being Called Out

    1 Peter 2:9-10, The Message But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to…

  • Disciples Path: Week 4: Day 1 – God is Not Seeking Volunteers

    John 13:14-15, CEB If I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you too must wash each other’s feet.  I have given you an example: Just as I have done, you also must do.                 Jesus, God of the all that is, described Himself as a servant.  His actions matched that description; He served…

  • Disciples Path: Week 3: Day 4 – Why I Make This Promise About Giving

    2 Corinthians 9:7 – Everyone should give whatever they have decided in their heart. They shouldn’t give with hesitation or because of pressure. God loves a cheerful giver. Mark 12:41-44 – Jesus sat down and watched the people put money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. One poor widow came…

  • Disciples Path: Week 3:Day 2 – A Figment of All Our Imaginations

    Matthew 6:24-34, The Message “You can’t worship two gods at once. Loving one god, you’ll end up hating the other. Adoration of one feeds contempt for the other. You can’t worship God and Money both. “If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the…

  • Disciples Path: Week 3:Day 1 – Gifts

    Hebrews 12:1-2, CEB So then, with endurance, let’s also run the race that is laid out in front of us, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us. Let’s throw off any extra baggage, get rid of the sin that trips us up,  and fix our eyes on Jesus, faith’s pioneer and…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 3 – Day 3 – Love Shows Up

    Galatians 5:13-14 You were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only don’t let this freedom be an opportunity to indulge your selfish impulses, but serve each other through love.  All the Law has been fulfilled in a single statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.                 Your presence is the will of God.  If God thought…