by Jeremy | Sep 22, 2023 | Sabbath Thoughts
The Feast of Tabernacles is so close I can taste it. I’m ready to be there. I’m ready to load up the van and get on the road. I’m ready to hear hundreds of brethren singing their hearts out on opening night. I’m ready to refocus on the hope of a future that serves as...
by Jeremy | Sep 15, 2023 | Sabbath Thoughts
Boy, it would be easier if all we had to do was pray for our weekly bread, wouldn’t it? Or monthly bread. Quarterly bread, even. But that’s not the instruction Jesus gave us. He said to pray like this: “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11). We don’t get to...
by Jeremy | Sep 8, 2023 | Sabbath Thoughts
You and I—we’re not perfect. We know that. That’s why we’re here, isn’t it? We follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ because we know we’re not perfect. Because we need help. Because we want to be more like God. And that’s the request we keep making, isn’t it? “God,...
by Jeremy | Aug 25, 2023 | Sabbath Thoughts
Sixteen years. It was today, sixteen years ago, that I formally told God I was serious about this—that I wanted to see this journey through to the end. I was thinking this morning about the second generation of Israelites who came out of Egypt. I wonder if they ever...
by Jeremy | Jun 3, 2023 | Sabbath Thoughts
“Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day” (Psalm 119:97). For a long time, I had trouble wrapping my head around that sentiment. It’s not that I didn’t appreciate God’s law. I did appreciate it. I had the blessing of being raised in the Church by two...
