Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

Daily Life Questions and Answers What should a Christian do when you are worn out and tired? Matthew 11. 28-30  “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” What should you do if God leads you to do something that those close to you don't understand? Acts 11. 11  1-3  The news traveled fast and in no time the leaders and friends back in Jerusalem heard about it—heard that the non-Jewish “outsiders” were now “in.” When Peter got back to Jerusalem, some of his old associates, concerned about circumcision, called him on the carpet: “What do you think you’re doing rubbing shoulders with that crowd, eating what is prohibited and ruining our good name?” 4-6  So Peter, star

Luke 11. 44  “Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it.”

Thoughts on Charleston S.C. and the Confederate Flag If you are follower of Jesus and something very bad happens how do you respond? Nine people were in their church  building having a Wednesday evening Bible study.  A stranger comes into their group with a need.  I remember a distraught grandmother coming into a Wednesday Bible study in Denver with her granddaughter in tow.  She was completely broken by her cutting herself.  He had marks of over a hundred cuts on her arms.  The woman was at a complete loss regarding what to do.  She needed help immediately.  We counseled the young woman and gave the grandmother some materials to help her understand how to help long term.  I don't know what happened.  I know that in the church in Charleston N.C. a young man was welcomed into a prayer meeting of nine people.  Nine were shot and killed. At the bond hearing for the young man all the family members attended and extended forgiveness to the shooter.  They said words of truth an

Luke 11. 43  “Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.

Luke 11. 42  “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.

Luke 11. 37  When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. 38  But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. 39  Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 40  You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? 41  But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.

Luke 11. 33  “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.   34  Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, [ g ]  your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy, [ h ]  your body also is full of darkness.   35  See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. 36  Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

Luke 11. 24  “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25  When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26  Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”

Luke 11. 23  “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.