by Mike Woodruff | Jul 8, 2022 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in your inner being through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Ephesians 3:16-17...
by Mike Woodruff | Jun 24, 2022 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, gegraptai Jesus, Luke 4:4 Jesus framed his response to temptation around the word: gegraptai – i.e., it is written. When tempted in the wilderness, he cited passages out of Deuteronomy, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone’”; “It is...
by Mike Woodruff | Jun 16, 2022 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Do not let the sun go down on your anger. The Apostle Paul Letter to the Ephesians It’s important to know how to handle anger. It’s also important to note what makes people mad – especially you. In Matthew 2, Herod grew angry when he heard about...
by Mike Woodruff | Jun 9, 2022 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday: The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ Luke 7:34 Jesus did not deserve the scorn he received from the Pharisees, but one of their accusations was spot on: He was a...
by Mike Woodruff | Jun 2, 2022 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you. The Apostle Paul This passage washes over me in waves. Having just returned from Israel, I start with awe of the Temple. This was a structure that physically, culturally,...
