Capturing the awesomeness of God in words is a struggle as old as time. For Colton's devotional tonight he expounded on Psalms 65 to attempt to capture some of the majesty of our God and the enormity of his grace love and mercy.
When Jesus was resurrected from the dead, he didn't just appear to his closest followers, he appeared before hundreds of people. For Matt's message tonight he talked about the powerful and undeniable way that God gives us assurance of our faith. Through the eyewitness accounts of his return and through the certainty of action of those who were there that day, we also can be bolstered in our faith and certain of the truth of our creator God.
As Jesus hung on the cross, he called out a reference to Psalm 22, the Psalm written long before Jesus's time that foreshadowed Jesus's crucifixion. For Kevin's devotional tonight he talked about the darkness of that verse but also the dramatic pivot to hope that follows it. In that moment Jesus claimed the entire Psalm and marked the victory that his sacrifice achieved for all of us.
Jesus claimed to be the "cornerstone the builders rejected" but was he simply saying he was a key part of the church or is there more to this? For Drew's devotional tonight, he talked about the context for this metaphor and also the deeper meaning of Christ's role as the cornerstone of church and also of our lives.
Many people wonder what God wants from them. There is much written in the bible about various commands and advice for living but one theme is consistent from start to finish, God wants us to listen to his word and follow it. For Colton's devotional tonight he talked about God's willingness to send his son to earth and die, so that through his teachings and examples we can truly know our God and be joined to him through Christ.