by Mike Woodruff | Sep 2, 2022 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday Set your mind on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God the Father. Saint Paul, Colossians 3 If we are alert to what is going on – both around us and in our own heart – we will find much to be unsettled by. In light of this, I end...
by Mike Woodruff | Aug 25, 2022 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday Teach us to pray. Luke 11:1 It’s worth noting that the disciples did not ask Jesus to teach them how to lead a group, multiply food or walk on water. They asked to be taught how to pray, which suggests they saw his prayer life lying at the center of his...
by Mike Woodruff | Aug 11, 2022 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, In this world you will have trouble. Jesus If this verse was good news, we’d claim it as a promise. Because it’s not, we ignore it when possible. That is unfortunate. For starters, understanding that this broken world is, well, broken,...
by Mike Woodruff | Aug 4, 2022 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday I buffet my body and make it my slave. I Corinthians 9 After being a Christ-follower for ten years, many have relived year one ten times rather than mature. Why? Because spiritual growth requires discipline and sacrifice, and many are not very interested...
by Mike Woodruff | Jul 28, 2022 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, If serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my...