So this morning at Crossroads I talked about God moments. I also talked about giving up our snow blower when we moved “south” to Ajax. And meanwhile the snow keeps falling, and falling, and falling. After spending the afternoon socializing, we came home to shovel the driveway. And guess what we found in our backyard……
Author: Norm
show us Your glory!
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 33 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.’ Jesus answered: ‘Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.’ [John 14:8-9]. Moses asks, ‘show me Your glory’, and Philip asks, ‘show…
quick meeting
its time to repent
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 32 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. [Luke 13:2-3]. There is a time for mercy, and a time for judgment [see Ecclesiastes 3:1-8]. Although Jesus represents the…
God’s good gifts
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 31 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. [Matthew 25:29] God has not been stingy. He has given us (collectively) all that we need to fulfill His good purpose for our lives. Our ‘poverty’…
not the only do-gooders
What about all those people in the world that are not Jesus followers and are also committed to transforming the world for better by doing good? Individuals like Ghandi and Bangledeshi Muhammad Yunis, a Muslim, founder of the Grameen bank and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace prize. Christians certainly don’t have a corner on doing…
a lesson in hinduism
Today I had a visitor at the ministry centre, a lady named Prima who came in out of the cold, waiting for a neighbouring office unit to open. We enjoyed a coffee together, and a fascinating conversation. Prima is a practicing Hindu, and she was very open to talking about her faith, and answering my…
connecting people to God through Jesus
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 30 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: ‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘My house will be a house of prayer’ ; but you have made it `a den of robbers.’ [Luke 19:46] The tabernacle was to be a “meeting place” between God and His people, a ‘house of prayer’. It was a symbol of the individual heart in…
update from Tim in Mexico
Yesterday Kelly, Pablo and I were trying to play baseball and some girl kept asking us for our full names on a piece of paper. Anyways we didn’t give them to her. Later on ‘Tequila’ came by and she asked her for her full name. She asked why and the girl said so that her…
a better covenant
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 29 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus replied, ‘If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.’ [John 14:23] If you are like me, you found Exodus 29 hard to read. So much blood, ceremony, fire and sacrifice. Knowing how sensitive I am…