1. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  2. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  3. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
  4. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  5. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.
  6. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  7. This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  8. Paul thinks the consequences of Christ not being raised are worse for those who believe than those who never did if it were to be true Christ was not raised.
  9. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  10. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  11. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
  12. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.