Rachel Fisher, Children’s Ministries Communications Specialist 1 Corinthians 4:18-21 (NIV) 18 Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. 20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. 21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit? [...]

Joseph Patty; Associate Director of Student Ministries, Student Leadership Romans 11:32-12:2 32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. 33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!     How unsearchable his judgments,     and his paths beyond tracing out! 34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?     Or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Who has ever given to God,     that God should repay them?” 36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.     To him be the glory forever! [...]

Suzi Pitts, Director of Communications  Psalm 63:1-4 You, God, are my God,     earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you,     my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land     where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary     and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life,     my lips will glorify you. 4 I will praise you as long as I live,     and in your name I will lift up my hands. Reflection: The [...]

Peggy Roe, Member, Board of Trustees Psalm 118:24 (NTB) This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Reflection: For more than thirty years, three friends and I met daily in the early morning hours to run three miles around the track at a nearby elementary school. Winter, summer, spring, or fall—hot weather, cold weather, or wet weather—almost nothing deterred us from making our daily run.  The four of us included two Methodist women and an Episcopalian and Catholic man. Each of us had stable, long-lasting marriages, happy, wholesome families, and [...]

Rev. David Horton Luke 1:46-55 46 And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, 47   and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.    Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; 49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me,    and holy is his name. 50 His mercy is for those who fear him    from generation to generation. 51 He has shown strength with his arm;    he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. 52 He has brought [...]