Today’s Monday Motivation featured a reminder of the shelter God provides when we feel caught in a storm. Amy Boucher Pye shares “Shelter from the Storm” in this devotional from Our Daily Bread. Click here to read it!
Name something that might ruin a romantic dinner: 1- an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend 2- bad or burnt food 3- getting sick 4- baby or children 5- bad service 6- a bug in the food 7- getting the bill
Congratulations to Stephanie from Mount Vernon, who wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup.
Today’s Monday Motivation includes a reminder about our need for God from Pastor David Platt and Peter Chin’s devotional from Our Daily Bread, called ‘Not Second Rate.” Click here to read it.
In his book, Radical, Platt writes, “In the gospel, God reveals the depth of our need for him. He shows us that there is absolutely nothing we can do to come to him. We can’t manufacture Salvation…we can’t program Salvation…and we can’t produce Salvation. We can’t even initiate it.”
“God has to open our eyes, set us free, overcome our evil and come to us. This is the beauty of the gospel.” He did come to us, in the person of Jesus!
As long as you and I understand Salvation as a “checking off of boxes” to get to God, we will find ourselves in this meaningless sea of world religions that actually condemn the human race by exalting our supposed ability to get to God. On the other hand, when you and I realize that we are dead in sin and deserving of God’s wrath, with no way out on our own, we begin to discover our desperate need for Christ.
Our understanding of who God is (and who we are) dramatically affects our understanding of who Christ is and why we need him.
Name something ‘sloppy’ people spill their drinks all over… 1- Their clothes 2- Themselves 3- Carpet 4- Table 5- Other people
Congratulations to Peter of Gambier, who guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup!
Have you ever seen a sign like this? At a zoo? A park?
Our Monday Motivation today focuses on the let’s say…um…difficult folks we might find on social media or internet forums. It’s from Monica Brands and called “Don’t Feed the Trolls.” Click here to read it from Our Daily Bread.
Name something kids are told to take turns using: 1- Toys/games 2- Bathroom 3- Phone 4- Bikes 5- Swing
Congratulations to Jennifer of Mount Vernon, who guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup!
This weekend, our community at MVNU experienced tremendous loss…four people directly to our campus passed away. Both Todd and I were impacted because we have friendships with the families who lost loved ones.
So…what do we do with that grief? Author Amy Peterson shares her thoughts in this Monday Motivation devotional.
Today we shared some encouraging words from author Xochitl Dixon about establishing an atmosphere of gratitude. Making sure we’re expressing thanks for what God has done and what others around us do to enrich our lives.
Today’s Monday Motivation starts with a ‘accidental’ type of prayer that turned into a tradition…read about ‘Haystack Prayers’ from Our Daily Bread by clicking here.
Today we shared Monday Motivation from the story of Joseph in Genesis – the Joseph who had the coat of many colors…was sold by his brothers into slavery…became favored in the Pharoah’s palace…ran from Potiphar’s wife, was falsely accused, but still went to jail…but found favor by interpreting the warden’s dreams…then saved Egypt from famine…reunited with his brothers and forgave them!
What can we learn from Joseph?
we often don’t see life’s shocks coming
keep your eyes fixed on God, especially throughout the twists and turns we can’t forsee
run from sin
use your abilities for what God is doing in the world
in everything, our soul’s enemy means it for evil, but God means it for good
be careful what you allow to become the defining moment of your life
God specializes in redeeming messed-up situations, bringing salvation where there was only destruction
Name something to which some people love to give away the ending. 1- A Movie (80 votes) 2- A Book (11) 3- A Joke (6)
Congratulations to Jennifer of Mount Vernon who guessed correctly and wins a WNZR Lifeline 2020 Echo t-shirt.
Today for Monday Motivation we shared two devotionals from Our Daily Bread. The first one was called ‘Hungry for God’. It is written by Poh Fang Chia and is an incredible story about maintaining a hunger for the scriptures. You can read it by clicking here.
The second one we shared is called ‘Fill in Your Name’ written by Xochitl Dixon and it talks about making scripture personal. Read it all by clicking here.
Name something you might have more of as you get older:
Today for Monday Motivation we shared two devotionals from Our Daily Bread. The first one was written by Cindy Hess Kasper and it is called ‘Eat and Repeat.’ It talks about what we should do when the “sameness” of life may start to lead to discontentment. You can read it by clicking here.
The second devotional was written by Xochitl Dixon and is called ‘Walk in the Present with God.’ It talks about being content with how God chooses to be present in the time. Read it by clicking here.
Name something you might rent on a sunny day:
Boat (34 votes) Car/Convertible (19 votes) Umbrella (14 votes) Bike (12 votes) Movie (9 votes) Jet Ski (3 votes)
Congratulations to Jennifer from Mount Vernon who correctly guessed the top two answers and won Colton Dixon’s Messenger CD.
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