by Mike Woodruff | Sep 4, 2020 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Paul, Galatians 5:22f My occasional comments about joy always generate feedback. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Who doesn’t want more...
by Mike Woodruff | Aug 28, 2020 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday. He has done it. Psalm 22:31 Christ’s work on the cross is so amazing it is celebrated in advance. Psalm 22 anticipates John 19. Tetelestai. “It is finished,” or “Paid in full.” Jesus did all that ever needs to be done. He paid every penny. He drained...
by Mike Woodruff | Aug 21, 2020 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday. Because you are lukewarm – and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. Jesus, Revelation 3 Jesus is not one of many beautiful things God created – nor, as some suggest – the most beautiful and powerful. He is the creating force and...
by Mike Woodruff | Aug 14, 2020 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. Jesus, John 15 C.S. Lewis once called joy the “serious business of heaven.” OK, but what exactly is joy? Let me suggest that it is not: a personality trait, something...
by Mike Woodruff | Aug 7, 2020 | The Friday Update
“Save me, O God,” may be the most basic, common, and instinctive prayer of all. Over the years I have also developed a deep appreciation for the “Jesus Prayer” (also called the “Eastern Prayer”). It is: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy...
