Pastoral Reflections

weekly blog by Pastor Steve

Verse for the week of June 27th:

When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.

(Luke 9:51)

What does this verse mean?

The key to this verse is the phrase—he set

Verse for the week of June 20th:

Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you. So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.

(Luke 8:39)

This verse is at…

Verse for the week of June 13th:

One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.

(Luke 7:36)

After reading this verse, you may wonder—why did pastor choose this…

Verse for the week of June 6th:

This word about him spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding country.

(Luke 7:17)

This verse comes at the end of a miracle story about Jesus raising Nain’s son from the dead.  If you take…

Verse for the week of May 30th

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

(Romans 5:1)

This verse from Paul’s letter to the Church of Rome is part of Paul’s larger…

Verse for the week of May 23rd:

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

Verse for the week of May 16th:

 The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’  And let everyone who hears say, ‘Come.’  And let everyone who is thirsty come.  Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift.

  (Revelation

Verse for the week of May 2nd:

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

(John 13:35)

Whenever I hear this verse, the first thing that I think about is the old camp

Verse for the week of April 25th:

My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me. (John 10:27)

Verse for the week of April 18th:

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, ho you love me more than these?’  He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’  Jesus said to him, ‘feed