When Christ's Commands Feel Impossible (Luke 5:4-5)

February 20, 2020 Nate Holdridge

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(Luke 5:4-5)

At Your word, O Master, I will cast the nets again. Though it violates everything in my fleshly senses, I know You Lord of a dimension I cannot see. With eyes of faith, I trust in You and Your command. I will go out there, back onto the lake, and cast the nets one more time. (2 Minutes/500 Words)

Faith Submits to God (Hebrews 11:20)

December 3, 2019 Nate Holdridge

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(Hebrews 11:20)

The author of Hebrews longed for his readers to live by faith. As Jewish people who'd received Jesus as Messiah-Christ, they were in for ostracization and persecution. The church community was their new spiritual family, and for many of them, it was the only family who would receive them anymore. For them, Christianity was costly, and they paid the price by living as outcasts from their society. (5 Minutes/1300 Words)

United In Marriage — Wives, Respectfully Submit (Ephesians 5: 22-24)

January 4, 2019 Nate Holdridge

Now we come back to this word from Paul. Wives are to submit to their own husbands (not all men). In Christian marriage, the wife should respectfully submit to her husband. As we observed in our last post, these words present a challenge to the modern reader. (3 Minutes/700 Words)