(R) Adam Davidson

In Mark 8:22-26, Jesus performs a two-step healing. Did He goof it up the first time, or was this meant to point to a deeper reality, where Jesus is slooowly healing our spiritual vision to see the world as He does?

Does sin stop God from answering our prayer? It can and does… especially if we cherish the sin. God loves us, but He’s no fool. Clean hands, pure heart, here ya go.

Psalm 66:17-20

The Psalmist says “satisfy us with… your *unfailing* love…”. Does this mean that we may find a certain level of satisfaction in situations or contexts that are AWESOME(!) yet may change? I think so. How does *unfailing* love play into that? Psalm 90:14-17.

How better to start our week together than in focusing on the unfailing love of God? There’s no better way to start the day than Psalm 91:14. Happy Monday!

Paul says “run in such a way as to get the prize.” This is one of those passages that keeps me going when life is hard and days are long. The prize = the coming Kingdom of God, where everything is made right. Amen!

(1 Corinthians 9:24-27)

[RadCast] $7Billion and God’s Wisdom :::We are long on information and short on wisdom. Proverbs 2 reminds us to seek God’s wisdom for the treasure that it is — a treasure ultimately embodied in the resurrected Christ.

Proverbs 2:1-11, 1 Corinthians 1:25

I heard myself complaining about something yesterday. It made me realize how easily my inconveniences get classified as suffering and end up becoming a distracting. Following Jesus costs a lot more than I’ve ever had to give in this life.

(Hebrews 11:36-12:2)

I’ve spent all week trying this out as a way to somehow remember that “to live is Christ.” My hunch is that we’ll spend the rest of eternity understanding what that actually means (Philippians 1:21).

As it turns out, since life=Christ, life = serving others… even existing for others, just like Jesus. The old saying is true: it’s not about me.

Philippians 1:21-24