What we might dismiss as a rabbit trail might be God trying to highlight something fresh.
In Sunday school yesterday we were in the familiar last chapter of Ephesians reading and talking about the armor of God when a statement directed my thoughts in a different direction. Rick said, “Why does Paul mention prayer after he instructs us to put on the armor?”
If 2020 showed us (The Church) anything, it is that family discipleship is important. Many of us started out in quarantine by watching church from the comfort of homes, some of us while still in bed… (Hooray for laptops and smartphones, right?!). And for most of us that is where family discipleship begins and ends…
Throughout Second Corinthians, Paul communicates that the goal of the believer is to live in the present with eternity in plain sight. With eternity as the goal, a believer is able to endure the present struggles, knowing that trials provide opportunities to grow in one’s relationship with God and share God’s sustaining comfort with others.
