Finding Comfort After Failure
“Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;when I fall, I shall rise;when I sit in darkness,the Lord will be a light to me.I will bear the indignation of the Lordbecause I have sinned against Him,until He pleads my causeand executes judgment for me.” Micah 7:8-9 What a game. That was my initial response after watching the Kansas City Chiefs […]
Gracefully Broken
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me”.Galatians 2:20 Dear NCC family and friends, Like many of you, the change of the year has allowed me occasion for some writing and personal reflection. The last year was a very trying one for everyone and there is very […]
Leading With Truth
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable […]
Can You Recognize The Divine Voice?
A Time To Weep
“They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept also”. 2 Samuel 3:32 Playing lot football growing up remains a very fond memory of mine. Those occasions were usually unplanned times of pure competitive fun. We’d typically start out with a handful of kids and a football. Gradually […]
Undesturbed By Delay
“And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” Mark 9:26 There is no spiritual exercise more mysterious than prayer. Nothing brings awareness to human weakness quite like the activity of speaking to a God whose thoughts are […]