Easter - Day 04
on March 28th, 2024
Highlight Whether you have been around church for a long time or you just started coming, you have likely heard from the stage or read in the Bible words or concepts that seem difficult to grasp.   Read More
Easter - Day 03
on March 27th, 2024
Highlight In this brief chapter, I can relate to Moses in verse 8 “Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharoah.” After relaying God’s message of the last plague - that He will go through the land and kill every firstborn son in Egypt. Moses is angry. Not that the Lord will do this, but that after all of these signs and wonders, Pharaoh still believes he is more powerful than God. Pharaoh is about to be responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent lives because of his own sinfulness and pride. Moses does not even wait for Pharaoh to answer, in his rage - he leaves.  Read More
Easter - Day 02
on March 26th, 2024
Highlight Exodus 7 is the first interaction Moses and Aaron have with Pharoah and where all of the plagues begin. In ancient Egyptian culture, gods were often seen as people with authority. The pharaoh was often referred to as a god, therefore the opening verse where God says “I have made you like god to pharaoh” it is referring to the fact that Pharoah sees Moses as another authority figure. But God is going to show Pharoah there is only one true God in the land.  Read More
Easter - Day 01
on March 25th, 2024
Highlight Moses encounters God in a unique experience. Not many of us can say God spoke to us from a burning bush. Nor can many of us say God called us to free an entire nation from the stronghold of Pharaoh. While this seems unimaginable to us - from being spoken to from a burning bush to delivering a nation out of captivity - we are not alone in thinking this way. Moses had questions.   Read More
Easter Week 01 - Launch
on March 23rd, 2024
Welcome to Easter with Compassion! This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information about right here. This week of the Christian calendar is referred to as Passion Week. It is the last week of Jesus’ life. It began with His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, which we call Palm Sunday, and spoiler alert - it ends with His death on a cross, which we call Good Friday. From the disciples perspective, that Friday was anything but good. To them it was heavy, sorrowful, and filled with disappointment. Yet they do not stay there, because Easter comes. Jesus does not stay dead. Sunday morning comes and His body begins to breathe again. After darkness and grief, there is joy and celebration, because Jesus’ sacrificed Himself for us and our sins on a cross, then He defeated death and the grave, so we can have eternal life with Him.  Read More
Experiencing God - Day 35
on March 22nd, 2024
Highlight If I want to experience God I must obey him, and when I obey him I can be used for His purposes. John summarizes his letter in this final chapter with some clear, simple directives. Following God doesn’t always look like accomplishing some great task in his name. Do you want to love God? Keep his commands. It won’t be easy, but it also won’t be burdensome…because an obedient life is an abundant, meaningful life that changes us and the world around us.  Read More
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