reminders around me

There is more to being a Christian than just going to church or having high standards. It really is about a relationship that changes us, our surroundings and encourages others to come to know God.

There are things that God reminds us of throughout our days. This e-devotion is an overflow of some of those things that God has put around me in the past several days. Strong stuff that builds my faith and walk with God.

Check these and dig deeper in your walk with God.

Hebrews 10:21-23 NLT

And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, 22 let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

Our Savior is greater, is our high priest, does open our ability to be in the presence of God and it is all by the completed work of Christ. Let’s hold tight to this hope.

Josh Baldwin’s song Made for More speaks volumes.

I know who I am ‘cause I know who You are

The cross of salvation was only the start

Now I am chosen, free and forgiven

I have a future and it’s worth the living

‘Cause I wasn’t made to be tending a grave

I was called by namе

Born and raised back to life again

I was made for morе

So why would I make a bed in my shame

When a fountain of grace is running my way

I know I am Yours

And I was made for more

Because we know who God is I know who I am. Oh that song keeps playing for me, and I hear it often.

As I drove back from picking up food boxes for our feeding ministry, a friend shared his experience watching the movie My Brother’s Crossing by our ministry partner JT Clark. This story has changed many lives and more to come.

That is just three things that came across my path this week. I am reminded to hold tight to faith. I am reminded that I was made for more. I am reminded that forgiveness is the key to even more growth in my walk with God.

Now, it is your turn. What has God put around you this week?

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

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wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

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