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This week, Jesus confronts the Pharisee who prizes rules, traditions, and “how” we do things over the love of people. When love is missing, our holiness becomes hallow and the “what” we do lacks a Godly “why”. In this confrontation, Jesus is restoring the Sabbath to its original purpose. The Sabbath was a space for rest, renewal, healing, compassion, and the joy of being human in God’s presence. I...

This week we allow Jesus to confront our judgmentalism and the desire we have to throw stones at the sins of others while ignoring the sin in ourselves. In John 8 this woman is caught in the act of adultery and is surrounded by stones of judgment. Instead of casting this woman off Jesus bends down low, not to accuse her, but to forgive her. His confrontation with the Pharisees reveals that grace d...

This week we watch Jesus confront the Pharisee that is so fixated on the minor details of others and misses the heart of God in the process. Jesus warns against straining gnats and swallowing camels. This is a Rabbinic way of teaching where Jesus is using the smallest/largest creature to highlight a deep spiritual truth. Don’t care so much about precision while neglecting compassion for others. Je...

This week we allow Jesus to confront our judgmentalism and the desire we have to throw stones at the sins of others while ignoring the sin in ourselves. In John 8 this woman is caught in the act of adultery and is surrounded by stones of judgment. Instead of casting this woman off Jesus bends down low, not to accuse her, but to forgive her. His confrontation with the Pharisees reveals that grace d...

This week we watch Jesus confront the Pharisees who prided themselves on protecting God’s law, but in doing so, they kept people from God’s love. In their desire for control they acted as gatekeepers for who deserved love and who didn’t deserve love. Jesus tears down the barriers that religion builds and throws open the doors of grace. This week we allow Jesus to challenge us by asking who might f...

This week we allow Jesus to confront the Pharisaical masks we wear and the hypocrisy we carry. Jesus reminds us that it is possible to look clean on the outside but be a mess on the inside. Jesus confronts the masks we wear which we hope will help us to appear holy while hiding what’s broken. Every time Jesus confronts it is a move of grace and compassion. He invites is to honesty, confession, cle...

This week we allow Jesus to confront the Pharisaical masks we wear and the hypocrisy we carry. Jesus reminds us that it is possible to look clean on the outside but be a mess on the inside. Jesus confronts the masks we wear which we hope will help us to appear holy while hiding what’s broken. Every time Jesus confronts it is a move of grace and compassion. He invites is to honesty, confession, cle...

This week we allow Jesus to confront the Pharisee that turns faith into a heavy load. This Pharisee loves rules more than relationships, and their leadership crushes rather than comforts. Paul reminds us that we are to bear the burdens of our brothers and sisters in Christ and not to burden them with our ideas of how they are to live. Following Jesus means laying down the burdens of perfectionism...

This week we allow Jesus to confront the “Lip-Service” Pharisee as we see again how God desires more than “correct” behaviors—He wants a heart to beat for Him. Scripture says that the Pharisee honors God with their lips, but their hearts were far away. This week we are reminded that authentic faith is never about performance; it’s about presence. True worship happens when love for God shapes the w...

This week we allow Jesus to confront the “Lip-Service” Pharisee as we see again how God desires more than “correct” behaviors—He wants a heart to beat for Him. Scripture says that the Pharisee honors God with their lips, but their hearts were far away. This week we are reminded that authentic faith is never about performance; it’s about presence. True worship happens when love for God shapes the w...

Ash Wednesday begins our Lenten journey as we are invited to look at the Pharisee in the Mirror. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector reveals how spiritual pride can blind us to grace. This parable invites us to look upon our own lives with sober humility. It's not our goodness that justifies us, but God’s mercy alone. Jesus invites us to drop the comparisons and come before Him hones...

When Jesus says, “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you,” He is offering more than just calm feelings but Jesus is imparting Shalom. Shalom as the deep, unshakeable wholeness of God’s presence within us. In Philippians, Paul echoes that promise, urging believers to rejoice, pray, and fix their minds on what is true and good. Paul says that as we do this the peace of God, which is greater...

When Jesus says, “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you,” He is offering more than just calm feelings but Jesus is imparting Shalom. Shalom as the deep, unshakeable wholeness of God’s presence within us. In Philippians, Paul echoes that promise, urging believers to rejoice, pray, and fix their minds on what is true and good. Paul says that as we do this the peace of God, which is greater...

True Shalom is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of deep rest in the midst of it. Psalm 46 calls us to “be still and know that I am God,” reminding us that peace comes not from control but from confidence in the One who holds the world steady. Jesus echoes that same invitation when He says, “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” In Him, Shalom becomes mo...

True Shalom is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of deep rest in the midst of it. Psalm 46 calls us to “be still and know that I am God,” reminding us that peace comes not from control but from confidence in the One who holds the world steady. Jesus echoes that same invitation when He says, “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” In Him, Shalom becomes mo...

From the first moments of creation, when God looked upon all He had made and called it good, Scripture reveals that this goodness is more than just moral purity but means it is in a state of Shalom. Shalom as good means a deep, whole harmony of everything rightly ordered under God’s love and intended purpose. In Genesis, good is the world flourishing as God intended; in Romans, the same goodness i...

From the first moments of creation, when God looked upon all He had made and called it good, Scripture reveals that this goodness is more than just moral purity but means it is in a state of Shalom. Shalom as good means a deep, whole harmony of everything rightly ordered under God’s love and intended purpose. In Genesis, good is the world flourishing as God intended; in Romans, the same goodness i...

Jesus taught His disciples to “pray and not give up.” The persistent widow kept knocking because she believed her life depended on it. In the same way, Paul urged the church to pray for all people — for leaders, for neighbors, for the world — because prayer is the lifeline of faith. A heart full of faith believes our life depends on God, so it keeps turning to Him in every circumstance. To be devo...