Author Archives: JRMITCH85

Naturally, when we enter any new season, we seek to improve. We put on new routines and habits to improve our health, financial standing, and spiritual walk or faith. Several people will enter our purview and offer us some fad diet, new financial scheme, or even some new spiritual way to engage with God, butContinue reading “Becoming Brand New”

Ash Wednesday opens up the season of Lent. This is typically a season where we focus on our relationship with God through reflection, sacrifice, renewal, and prayer. We examine how the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert after fasting for forty days and forty nights, and the devil subjected him to temptation. As weContinue reading “Forty Days and Forty Nights”

As we look back at our life, we must examine and pay attention to the areas where God was present. These point us to the scriptures and to God’s Holy Word, and even though people may try and manipulate our experiences for their gain, we must lean into the the Scriptures with the Holy SpiritContinue reading “Pay Attention”

In creating humanity, God wanted to give people choices. In doing so, the freedom to choose our path has been fraught, with people often choosing the path that leads to brokenness and chaos. The choices made guide humanity toward or away from the good that God intends for us. Whether we embrace opportunities to shareContinue reading “This Choice is Simple”

Whatever you are going through, Jesus gets it. Through the book of Hebrews, the author shows us that Jesus came and lived among us, was tempted like us, lived life with other humans like us, had friends and family like us, had people that didn’t like Him like us, and could get hurt like us.Continue reading “Jesus Gets It”

As the people of God grappled with what it meant to live in peace with God, they were told that living right is more important than going through the right motions in worship. God requires us to live according to justice, kindness, and humility before the Almighty God.

How does God desire us to react to the fear that surrounds us daily? The Lord commands us to seek shelter in God, the church, and the Kingdom of Heaven. We live in an age that is fixated upon war, pestilence, and disease. All of these things want to divide and tear us apart. Everything seeks to fillContinue reading “Lord, Save Me Amid Fear”

The scriptures guide us to leading new lives daily. This newness comes from God, who assigns us the faith we need to carry out His mission on Earth. We examine how we can lead lives of worship and praise through our daily lives, and how God is filling us with the strength and power weContinue reading “New and Renewing”

John, during the Revelation, was surrounded by a multitude that had come out of a time of tribulation and filled the air with praises and thanksgiving unto the Lord. As we approach Thanksgiving this year, let us remember that we are called to serve God with our whole selves, and an important part is toContinue reading “Thanksgiving All Around Us”