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God’s Plan A

July 3, 2012

A young man squandered his inheritance on wild living and prostitutes. During a famine, he came to his senses and reasoned, Even my father’s hired hands have enough to eat. I know what I’ll do. I will go back to my father and say to him,

Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of
being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant. (Luke 15:18–19)

This was his Plan B. So in desperation he rehearsed his speech and started for home. Then something unexpected happened.

While he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. (verse 20)

Then the son started to tell his father the speech he had [ … ]

God Knows You Intimately

July 2, 2012

I know everything about you. From far away I know what you’re thinking. I’m up-to-date on the details of your life. I’m right beside you—wherever you go. My powerful hands tend to the intricate details of your life. I was there when you were put together. I prepared each day of your life before you were born. I think about you all the time. And I’m ready to lead you to eternal life.
From Psalm 139

WARRANTY NOTES: The One who knows you best loves you most.

Excerpted from God’s Little Book of Guarantees – OH by Heather Kopp

Daily Reflection:

God knows you better than anyone. How does your knowledge of that fact affect the way you live your daily life?

Grace Over Fairness

June 29, 2012

In order to untangle us from the web we had spun for ourselves, [God] had to do something very unfair. He had to send his son to this earth to die for sins he didn’t commit.

Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent his son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins. But the good news is that God opted for grace and mercy over fairness.

Excerpted from How Good is Good Enough? by Andy Stanley

Daily Reflection:

How is your life different because God shows you grace instead of fairness?

The Words of Christ

June 28, 2012

Think about getting to know the God who created the universe. What would it be like to know Him on a first-name basis—or, even better, to know Him so intimately that you could call Him your best friend, even your dad? Imagine what it would be like if you could consistently experience His presence and a level of peace and joy that no adversity could vanquish. That’s exactly what will happen as you begin to focus on the words of Christ.

Excerpted fromThe Greatest Words Ever Spoken by Steven K. Scott

Daily Reflection:

How has knowing Jesus and studying His words helped your relationship with God the Creator grow?

Please pray for Colorado!

June 27, 2012

This has been our reality at WaterBrook Multnomah in Colorado Springs for the past 24 hours. Please take a minute to pray for us (we have staff who may lose their homes), for our city (more than 100 homes have burned in the past 12 hours) and for the firefighters battling this blaze (more than 800 as of 8pm last night). Our office is not in any immediate danger, but we have a front row seat to the catastrophe out our conference room windows and the view is sobering, to say the least.

Please pray for Colorado!

June 27, 2012

This has been our reality at WaterBrook Multnomah in Colorado Springs for the past 24 hours. Please take a minute to pray for us (we have staff who may lose their homes), for our city (more than 100 homes have burned in the past 12 hours) and for the firefighters battling this blaze (more than 800 as of 8pm last night). Our office is not in any immediate danger, but we have a front row seat to the catastrophe out our conference room windows and the view is sobering, to say the least.