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“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as He was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.” (Genesis 3:8) Many theologians would argue that the Garden of Eden was the first temple. A supporting factor in this argument is that the same Hebrew verbal form “Hithpael” was used in both the above passage and in Leviticus 26:11-12, in which God stated that He would put His dwelling place among the

In the beginning, God created. Everything. He spent six days forming the day and the night, the skies and the seas, the land and the trees and the flowers and the mountains and the fish and the birds and the animals and eventually man. Then, on the seventh day, God the Father rested. But why? He’s literally God. Scripture even tells us later in Psalm 121 that God neither slumbers or sleeps. So why did He dedicate an entire, God-breathed day to rest? Day Seven, the Sabbath, Sh

“No one can serve two masters” (Matthew 6:24). The specific scripture is related to God and money. But the same is true of faith and worry. As you’re drinking from one, filling your heart and your life with one, you’re draining the other. Matthew 6:31 goes on to tell us not to worry about food, drink, or clothing. Personally, I like to put the period after “worry.” Because worrying is something I’m so good at. Like, exceptionally so, if I’m telling the truth. So I appreciat

“The further we distance ourselves from God, the less that God can honor us.” In the depths of sin or the midst of running, that’s the furthest thing from our minds. Often, we run, we hide . . . because what we’re doing doesn’t honor God. We don’t stop to think that He, too, desires to honor us. But He does. Ephesians 2:10 states that we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. There are a couple things we can

I can’t dance, so when I listen to music, it isn’t for the beat or the melody. Jesus was a man who spoke in many parables, but arguably, the most well-known is the parable of the prodigal son. And rightfully so. After all, the spoken prodigal son wears shoes that would fit all of our feet. There’s this set of lyrics in a song I’ve recently come to love. Especially as someone who finds herself far from home more often than she’d like to admit but is kind of admitting now. “You

“Much of stress dissipates when you acknowledge your dependence on God and submit to His leadership.” But if it’s that easy, then why does it feel so hard sometimes? Jeremiah 17:7-8 says “Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” Scripture doesn’t say you

Do I trust God? It’s an honest question. A simple one. One that only requires an honest, simple answer. “Yes” or “No.” Except, what if the answer isn’t so simple . . . I pray the prayers, I sing the songs. I trust in God in the mundane. But when it matters? As Paul states in 2 Corinthians, when I’m hard pressed, perplexed, persecuted, or struck down . . . it’s then that I place my fear over my faith. We stand up. We sit down. We trust the chair —made by humans who were made b