Today’s Monday Motivation comes from a devotion in Our Daily Bread written by Dave Branon. Dave shares about how we can often let barriers get in the way of our worship, but the power of the almighty God we serve can help break those barriers down. Read it by clicking here.
Name an animal that might weigh more than 1,000 pounds.
Today’s Monday Motivation comes from devotional ‘The Singing Revolution,’ written by Bill Crowder, reminding us about how powerful music can be for our spirit. Read it by clicking here.
Name something about the real Elvis that’s better than his impersonators.
Congratulations to Jamie from Mount Vernon for guessing the correct answer and winning a sampler CD from Skillet featuring songs from their albums “Rise” and “Awake.”
Today’s Family Feud-style question: Name a way a magician might end a relationship. 1. Make her vanish – 68 votes 2. Saw her in half – 25 votes 3. A new girl out of a box – 3 votes He disappears – 3 votes
Congratulations to Amanda from Mount Vernon who got the top two guesses and wins the digital copy of I Still Believe.
Today’s Monday Motivation is from Lisa Samra and is called ‘Victory Parade.’ Find the devotional here.
Today I shared a couple of passages about lament. For many of us, this is a real thing right now. Lamenting is found in, literally, its own book in the Old Testament, Lamentations. Jeremiah kept a record of his pain. He wrote of the atrocities done to Judah. He also grieved for the youngest victims of these events:
“My heart is poured out on the ground…because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city…their lives ebb away in their mother’s arms.” (Lamentations 2:10-13, 18-19)
Now, as author Tim Gustafson writes, we might expect Jeremiah to reject God in the face of this suffering, but instead, he urges the survivors to, “pour out your heart in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children.”
It’s good to pour out our hearts to God. Lament is a crucial part of being human. God grieves with us.
But lament is different that complaint. Ken Wytsma and A.J. Swoboda, in their book, Redeeming How We Talk, remind us that lament cries out to God and includes repentance, while complaining tends to blame or criticize. Lament seeks God, while sometimes our complaining and self-pity condemns God. Lament names what is broken and seeks God’s intervention instead of just crying, “unfair.”
Name a term used in a game of bowling… 1. Strike 2. Spare 3. Pin 4. Turkey Congratulations to Isaiah from Bellville, who guessed the top two answers and wins the WNZR Game On t-shirt.
This devotional was so hot off the presses, that they don’t have it up on the website yet! Here’s a picture instead of a link!
HERE is that same Link from the devotional above about Bernice Lee and Tan Soo-Inn!
Name something men do when they start to go bald.
1. Wear a hat 2. Comb over 3. Stressed out 4. Where to pay 5. Dye their hair
Congratulations to Laura from Mount Vernon who correctly guessed our top two answers to our mystery question! She won one of our new Game On T-Shirts!
We shared that there is an amazing thing coming to Mount Vernon! Tragedy in Triumph, right here on the campus of MVNU – to learn more about this event click HERE.
We are just around the corner to Lifeline 2020!!! Click HERE to find out more!
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