Posts from May 2024
What is Pentecost All About?
Recently we celebrated Pentecost, the day that we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit as described in Acts chapter 2. Acts 2:2 “They (the believers) were filled with the Holy Spirit and they began to speak in tongues as the Spirit enabled them.” What an incredible experience that must have been. Everyone gathered in Jerusalem heard the gospel in their own language and over 3000 people were saved. This wonderful event is often overshadowed by the discussion of the…
Pentecost
I can’t believe it is just after Pentecost Sunday. It is such a remarkable time for us to live. Pentecost Sunday is 50 days after Easter. The Comforter not only was sent to us but remains with us. He has never left us. This is a time of great excitement as we watch expecting the Comforter active in our day-to-day living. We are not alone. It’s a reminder that we have the Holy Spirit to comfort us 24/7. Nothing has…
Wandering in the Wilderness
7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. 8 He said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai.” 9The angel of the Lord said to her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.” 10The angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to…
SFNAZ Newsletter – May 2024
Click here to view the weekly devotional. SFNAZ Announcments The Summer Devotional, Reflecting God is now at the information desk. SERVE SUNDAY ~ May 19th – 9:30 Serve Sunday is an opportunity to love our neighbors in a big way. We’re taking Jesus’ love to our streets and neighborhood. That means we need to show up earlier and in your work clothes. There will be donuts and coffee at 9:30 and we’ll all get our assignments. From there we’ll hit…
A Chapter for the Church
She opens her mouth with wisdom and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.” (Proverbs 31:26-29) ESV It’s Mother’s Day this weekend. What a wonderful time to celebrate the gift of motherhood. The several moms who are…
Are you a morning person?
I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a morning person, but I do love watching the sun come up. It doesn’t matter if it’s watching the sunrise through the pine trees on a camping trip, watching it crest over the African savannah or seeing the dawn of a new day at the end of a long night of work, there’s something special about sitting quietly and watching the sunlight break through the darkness, little by little, until that first beam of light…