Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: faith

  • Disciples Path: Week 3: Day 3 – The Real Reason You Should Give

    Proverbs 11:24-25, The Message The world of the generous gets larger and larger;    the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed;    those who help others are helped. Are there people that you know that come to mind when I say the word “grinch.”  HWhat is it about them…

  • 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…

  • 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 3 – Day 1 – Presence

    Psalm 139:1-12, CEB Lord, you have examined me.     You know me. You know when I sit down and when I stand up.     Even from far away, you comprehend my plans. You study my traveling and resting.     You are thoroughly familiar with all my ways. There isn’t a word on my tongue, Lord,…

  • 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…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 2: Day 3 – Lectio Divina

    Romans 10:13-21, CEB All who call on the Lord’s name will be saved. So how can they call on someone they don’t have faith in? And how can they have faith in someone they haven’t heard of? And how can they hear without a preacher? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 2: Day 2 – Whatever You Ask?

    Matthew 21:18-22, NRSV – In the morning, when he returned to the city, he was hungry.  And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 2: Our Prayers

    James 5:13-18, CEB If any of you are suffering, they should pray. If any of you are happy, they should sing. If any of you are sick, they should call for the elders of the church, and the elders should pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. Prayer that comes from…