Posts from November 2024
Wisdom Seekers
Turn your ear toward wisdom and stretch your mind toward understanding. Call out for insight, and cry aloud for understanding. Seek it like silver; search for it like hidden treasure. Then you will understand the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God. (Proverbs 2:2-5) A Bible podcast I listened to recently has led me to reflect on the nature of God’s wisdom. Wisdom is challenging to define. One dictionary defines wisdom as “the quality of having…
SFNAZ Newsletter – November 2024
Click here to view the weekly devotional. SFNAZ ANNOUNCEMENTS Dear SFNaz family, Thank you for the kindness you extended to Cas and me and the rest of the staff this past month. The encouragement you gave through the cards and gifts lifted our hearts and blessed us. I love you all and am so grateful for the honor of being your pastor. Thank you for caring for my staff and me in all the ways you do. Blessings, Pastor Wes…
Anxious and Afraid
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. 1 John 4:18 (ESV) Have you noticed how prevalent fear is in our culture? We don’t always call it fear, we offer different names for it—anxiety, panic, apprehension, dread, terror, these either elevate or minimalize the presence of fear but in the end it’s all fear and fear grips all of us. So how does love allay fear? First, it’s important to put the love we’re talking…