by Soul Refreshers | Apr 22, 2024 | Doubt, Obeying God
“You give them something to eat.” Mark 6:37, NIV Have you ever felt like God has given you a task that’s too big for you to handle? Teaching a Sunday school class maybe? Or trying to bring a loved one to Christ? Or raising your children to become God-fearing,...
by Soul Refreshers | Feb 19, 2024 | God's Care, Obeying God, Trust
“Daniel resolved…” Daniel 1:8, NIV Have you ever felt that way? Like you’re stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place? Like no matter what you choose the consequences won’t be pleasant? That was Daniel. Put yourself in his place: He was...
by Soul Refreshers | May 14, 2022 | Intentional Chrisitanity, Obeying God
“Take off the graveclothes.”John 11:44, NIV Have you ever smelled something so raunchy it makes you gag? A skunk who’d let loose? Filthy gym clothes that had been stuffed in a locker for an entire semester? A dead animal? Your spouse? Well, hopefully not...
by Soul Refreshers | Feb 3, 2022 | God's Will, Growing in Christ, Obeying God
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV “Lean not on your own understanding”—that’s a tough one. It’s easy to think we have it...
by Soul Refreshers | Nov 14, 2021 | Intentional Chrisitanity, Obeying God
“Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you”Romans 12:3, NIV Ego. What is it? Do I have an ego? Am I . . . egotistical? I bet most of us would... by Soul Refreshers | Aug 29, 2021 | Obeying God, Witness
“‘Go stand in the temple courts’ he said, ‘and tell the people about this new life.'”Acts 5:20, NIV I suppose nothing in that verse stands out as exceptional. Of course God wanted believers to share what they knew about Jesus and the new...