by Mike Woodruff | Apr 16, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Remember your word to your servant, in which you made me hope. Psalm 119:49 God’s word brings hope, which we need. Always. Some suggest clear thinking leads to despair, “especially now.” No. Not in Christ! Evil loses. We do not need a false optimism,...
by Mike Woodruff | Apr 9, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Exalt the Lord our God and worship at His footstool. He is holy. Psalm 99:5 The Lord is holy. To move in that direction, we must be wholly His. Many early Christians were, and their resulting honesty, generosity, chastity, and integrity prevailed over...
by Mike Woodruff | Apr 2, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. I Peter 3:18 There have been other deaths. Indeed, there have been other unjust deaths, other untimely deaths and other heroes dying sacrificial deaths. But...
by Mike Woodruff | Mar 26, 2021 | 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...
by Mike Woodruff | Mar 19, 2021 | The Friday Update
My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws. Psalm 119:120 Some say, “The fear of the Lord” equals deep respect. No. Though “terror” goes too far, “deep respect” does not go far enough. “A deep trembling joy and wonder” has been suggested. I think...