Posts by jhumphries
Surrender
June 4, 2018
Read MoreOur Intimate God
June 2, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 139This weekend’s reading: Matthew 5:43-48 FIELD NOTES How wonderful to know we worship a God that has searched us and known us, each and every one of us, and still loves us! He calls us wonderful! You are wonderful in the sight of God! Our God is a god who…
Read MoreNothing Can Separate Us from the Love of Christ
June 1, 2018 DAILY READING Romans 8This weekend’s reading: Matthew 5:43-48 FIELD NOTES When I was in high school, one of my absolute most favorite verses was found in Romans 8. “Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? No… For…
Read MoreSloooow Down
May 31, 2018 DAILY READING Exodus 31This weekend’s reading: Matthew 5:43-48 FIELD NOTES Exodus’ commands on keeping the Sabbath in Exodus 31 are intense: “Keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who violates the Sabbath will be put to death. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath, that person will be cut off…
Read MoreBeing Happy
May 30, 2018 DAILY READING Numbers 6This weekend’s reading: Matthew 5:43-48 FIELD NOTES Recent studies have shown that depression and acute anxiety rates are on the rise, especially among youth and young adults starting at age 12. The reasons are complex and complicated and I am far from a psychiatrist, but experts suggest that a lack…
Read MoreThe Best Kinds of Relationships
May 29, 2018 DAILY READING 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 FIELD NOTES Have you ever had one of those deep, authentic, wonderful relationships with someone where you feel like you can share anything and you won’t be judged? You are both willing to share the deepest longings, hurts, and joys of life with each other and…
Read MoreOne of Those Weeks
May 28, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 20 FIELD NOTES This week was one of those weeks where the world just seemed to be throwing everything it had at me and those around me. I was working my tail off and couldn’t seem to get everything done, falling exhausted into bed every night, too preoccupied…
Read MoreThe Perfect Christian, The Perfect Church
May 26, 2018 DAILY READING Philippians 2:12-13This weekend’s reading: Philippians 2:12-13 FIELD NOTES One of my college professors had been a pastor. Down the street from his congregation, a pastor of another church decided it would become the perfect church. Their Administrative Board voted to kick out any members who had any criminal records, and who…
Read MoreUsing All of Your Strength
May 25, 2018 DAILY READING Philippians 2:12-13This weekend’s reading: Philippians 2:12-13 FIELD NOTES A farmer noticed his six-year-old son not succeeding in pushing a very large rock that weighed about two-hundred pounds to a corner of a field. His father asked, “Are you using all of the strength available to move that rock?” His son said,…
Read MoreBeing Perfect for God OR…
May 24, 2018 DAILY READING Philippians 2:12-13This weekend’s reading: Philippians 2:12-13 FIELD NOTES Today, we celebrate John Wesley’s Aldersgate experience of 280 years ago on May 24, 1738. Why? It’s good to remember and re-tell this story. John Wesley wanted to be perfect so God would love him. He was very methodical with his a daily ritual of prayer,…
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