Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: jesus

  • The Source of Our Hope

    Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” I often ask children, “where does Jesus live?”  I used to do it at the beginning of Chapel at a church I…

  • A Living Hope

    1 Peter 1:3-9 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,  and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven…

  • Optimism vs. Hope

    Optimism vs Hope This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.  For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans…

  • As One With Authority

    “These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the…

  • Can’t Live Without This

    Romans 5:2-5 The Voice “Jesus leads us into a place of radical grace where we are able to celebrate the hope of experiencing God’s glory.  And that’s not all. We also celebrate in seasons of suffering because we know that when we suffer we develop endurance,  which shapes our characters. When our characters are refined,…

  • More Than What You Believe

    Proverbs 3:5-6  Trust in the Lord with all your heart;     do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do,     and he will show you which path to take. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart;     test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out…

  • Beneficial Provocation

    Hebrews 10:19-25 – Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,  by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),  and since we have a great priest over the house of God,  let us approach with a…

  • That You Might Not Perish. . .

    John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. A pastor friend gave me an insight into this extremely popular verse that I hadn’t heard before.  The word translated “perish” in this verse is the same word…

  • Jacob’s Ladder

    Genesis 28:10-19 – Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran. At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep. As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the…

  • Unfiltered Prayers

    Psalm 142 – A Psalm of David I cry aloud to the Lord;     I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy. I pour out before him my complaint;     before him I tell my trouble. When my spirit grows faint within me,     it is you who watch over my way. In…