Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: christianity

  • 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…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 3 – Day 2 – The Gift of Undivided Attention

    Proverbs 13:13 CEB  Those who answer before they listen     are foolish and disgraceful. Many years ago, while I was still in the process of becoming an ordained minister, I was assigned to do eight sessions of with a professional counselor.  I have since found out that most candidates for ministry receive this assignment at…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 2: Day 4 – I Just Dropped In to See…

    Philippians 2:12-13, CEV My dear friends, you always obeyed when I was with you. Now that I am away, you should obey even more. So work with fear and trembling to discover what it really means to be saved. 13 God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him. 1 Timothy 4:7-10…

  • Running Toward You When Others Run Away

    John 10:11-18, CEB “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  When the hired hand sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. That’s because he isn’t the shepherd; the sheep aren’t really his. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.  He’s only…

  • The Sheep Gate

    John 10:7-10, CEB So Jesus spoke again, “I assure you that I am the gate of the sheep.  All who came before me were thieves and outlaws, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.  I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out and find pasture.…

  • Blind Though Claiming to See

    John 9:39-41, NLT Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.” Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are you saying we’re blind?” “If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus…

  • You’re Invited!

    John 9:35-38, NLT When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” The man answered, “Who is he, sir? I want to believe in him.” “You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to you!” “Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said.…

  • Victims of Self-Imposed Blindness

    John 9:18-34 The Jewish leaders didn’t believe the man had been blind and received his sight until they called for his parents.  The Jewish leaders asked them, “Is this your son? Are you saying he was born blind? How can he now see?” His parents answered, “We know he is our son. We know he…

  • See What You Want to See

    John 9:8-17, CEB The man’s neighbors and those who used to see him when he was a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?” Some said, “It is,” and others said, “No, it’s someone who looks like him.” But the man said, “Yes, it’s me!” So they asked him, “How…