Standing in awe
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established;4 what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Photo by Luke Stackpoole on Unsplash. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Standing up
3 Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have won your favor, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me—that is my petition—and the lives of my people—that is my request. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
An open door to hospitality
Where do you see hospitality? Join Horace McMillon, pastor of Open Door Mennonite Church in Jackson, Mississippi, and learn what hospitality means to the Open Door community. This video is a part of Mission Sunday 2021, a resource series that helps equip churches to learn about and celebrate mission in the month of November. To […]
Gentleness
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. Photo by Linda Shelly. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Wisdom calls
20 Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice.21 At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:22 "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?23 Give heed to my reproof;I will pour out my thoughts to […]
Mercy
12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. Brick wall photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Come away
12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come,and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.13 The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance.Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Photo by Artiom Vallat on Unsplash. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle
Choices
"Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." Photo by Justin Luebke on […]
Holiness of God
He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name. Photo by Travis Duerksen. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Bread of life
47 Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of […]
Build up the church
11 The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to […]
Gifts multiplied
1 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3 Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was […]