COV LIFE BLOG

Written by Jenny Fugler It was not the first time I had seen my dad cry over something spiritual. It was not unusual for him to sing throughout his day. The fact that he loved hymns and knew most of them by heart was also not surprising, as he and my mom raised my four […]

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Posted on: September 24, 2018 - 1:51PM

One of the greatest qualities in the life of Jesus was his willingness to enter into the human situation and to be deeply moved by tender compassion that compelled him to help and to heal. Jesus was never detached from, nor indifferent to human sorrow and suffering. People were never a nuisance to Jesus but […]

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Posted on: September 13, 2018 - 10:00PM

Sinking times are praying times with the Lord’s servants. Peter neglected prayer at starting upon his venturous journey, but when he began to sink his danger made him a suppliant, and his cry though late was not too late. In our hours of bodily pain and mental anguish, we find ourselves as naturally driven to […]

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Posted on: September 6, 2018 - 10:00PM

You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being. (Rev 4.11 NIV) We come before your throne as a broken people living in a broken world.  You are all knowing, and so you know […]

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Posted on: September 2, 2018 - 2:40PM

The sad fact is that the people are without a shepherd and so Jesus has compassion on them. Not only is this event loaded with messianic significance–Israel’s Messiah feeding the true Israel out in the wilderness–but in miracle this we see Jesus’ response to the physical hunger on the part of the people.10 Jesus is […]

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Posted on: August 30, 2018 - 10:00PM

Our life as a follower of Jesus Christ is a spiritual battle. It is an ongoing conflict to advance the cause of Christ in our own lives and the world around us.   But we do not fight this war, this spiritual battle on our own. We fight it together with other Christians in the […]

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Posted on: August 23, 2018 - 10:00PM

Our souls only find rest in hope. That’s what we’re frantically looking for whenever our souls are burdened and restless: hope. And that’s what most of the marketing of most of the products in the world tries to offer us: hope. But they are false hopes for soul-rest, providing only temporary distraction from or briefly […]

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Posted on: August 16, 2018 - 10:00PM

Author: Gina Concepcion About 7 years ago, on a mission trip to Peru, I met a woman in a remote village who was a Christian. I’d not yet even spent a full day with her, but by noon, I found myself attempting to find the right setting in which I could steal her away to […]

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Lord you are Holy. You are the Holy One of Israel. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in your holy places? By your very nature Lord, you are set apart from sin. And through the sin of this world, man is set apart from you. You are glorious, majestic, […]

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Posted on: August 14, 2018 - 9:27AM

John Newton wrote, “If, as I go home, a child has dropped a halfpenny, and if, by giving it another, I can wipe away its tears, I feel I have done something. I should be glad to do greater things; but I will not neglect this.” These days, it’s not hard to find someone in […]

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Posted on: August 9, 2018 - 10:00PM