by Mike Woodruff | Nov 5, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 The twenty-first century leaves many agitated. Our disquiet comes in three forms. The most basic is the nagging sense that we should be checking our phone, attending to email or finishing some half-baked...
by Mike Woodruff | Oct 29, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday In this world you will have trouble. Jesus, John 16:33 We tend to be troubled by our troubles. That is, we allow our sadness to be multiplied because we do not expect it. It does not have to unfold that way. After all, Jesus told us to expect trials. In...
by Mike Woodruff | Oct 22, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday “Our Father…” Jesus, The Lord’s Prayer During this moment when families, churches, colleges, civic groups, small groups, legislative bodies, countries and more are riddled with acrimony, it’s worth pondering the first word of the prayer Jesus...
by Mike Woodruff | Oct 15, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday Lord, where else can we go? You alone have the words of eternal life. Peter, John 6:68 The crowds following Jesus grew when He fed them and shrank when He explained the true cost of following Him. After one such explanation – which had prompted a large...
by Mike Woodruff | Oct 8, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. Psalm 95 Remember, gratitude...
