Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  What are you looking forward to?  That is a tough question because I live always planning for the next event, the next trip, the next thing and more.  After what I planned for I often feel let down and even struggle.  But there is more to get ready for. This past week was so full with our ladies at the Emmaus Walk, Raceway Ministries at the speedway and the Serve Tour mission trip in Virginia Beach.  All three of those were incredible and effective.   But there is more ahead.  Like this weekend we have an outreach we are hosting.  The next week is a worship service, meal and kid’s Easter event at our church’s future campus.  Then the next week is Easter and Resurrection Sunday.  Wait, the following week I head back to Cuba for a mission trip. Whew.  I need a break after all that.  I need a break before that. But what am I looking forward to?  Thanks for asking. I look forward to this … God changing more and more lives....

Lean forward.  Don’t lean so far that you lose your balance and fall.  Lean enough to help get your momentum going and be ready for what God has for you in the minutes, days and years ahead. Proverbs 3:5-6  NASB   Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. One of my favorite days of the year is when our group from back2school comes together to pack backpacks.  Well, last evening was that time.   A few hundred volunteers.  A few hundred backpacks.  Thousands of school supplies.  Several trucks and vans.  Lots of prayers and hugs, laughter and a few tears.  Reuniting with some friends we haven’t seen in a while and meeting a bunch of new, cool people.  It was amazing. But the best part is how we lean on each other.  Not literally.  But we work together, getting done a task that by ourselves woul...

Sometimes you have to take a look back.   It is kind of like using the side mirrors or the rearview mirror on your car to see who is behind you or to see where you have been. That is interesting.   When we know where we have been, it is easier to know where we are going.   Back up for a minute and read this passage of Scripture, but as you read take note of the things that God says are true about you.   Galatians 3:23-29   NLT Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed. 24  Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.   25  And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian. 26  For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27  And all who have bee...