Focus on Faith – Speak the Truth in Love
Many of us this week, myself included, are getting ready to travel to visit family or are waiting expectantly for family to join us around our table...
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Focus on Faith – Two little words to always remember
Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith“We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. We remember before our God and...
Focus on Faith – The mark of Cain, God’s hand of mercy
The Cain and Abel story is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. Maybe because it’s one of the first, or maybe because it replays itself in...
Focus on Faith – Hospitality is showing love
How good are we at welcoming someone into our midst who is different than we are? Here in Beardstown, where we have so many different nationalities...
Focus on Faith – The Boss of Our Lives
I bought a hat at the fall festival. I picked this hat because of what it said. In big bold letters it reads: Jesus Is My BossI thought, well, that hat...
Focus on Faith – What is the best advice you have ever been given?
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? Who gave that advice to you? What was the circumstance that necessitated the wise words that changed...
Focus on Faith – Finding life in God, the Living Water
When I was a young person, oh let’s say 20 years old, I wanted nothing to do with church. What a boring place, I thought. What a judgmental place, I...
Focus on Faith – The battle of good vs. evil
A large chunk of the world doesn’t believe that the devil really exists. They chalk up all the evil in the world to bad nations, bad systems, and bad...
Focus on Faith – Lies vs little white lies
When was the last time that you told a lie? A lie is when you say something that you know to be untrue. When was the last time that you told a little...
Focus on Faith – A Picture of Grace
In the New Testament book of Acts, the author Luke points to the most famous King of all Israel, King David. In Acts 13 verses 21 and 22 Luke says...