Mark 1:17-18 (NLT)  Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” 18 And they left their nets at once and followed him. What does it mean to be a Disciple of Jesus? If you attend a PursueGod church, you have no doubt heard about going…

John 2:1-3 (NLT) The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana, Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.” Tragedy is Lurking Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 (NLT)…

Luke 4:1 (NLT)  Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, The average US supermarket has 48,800 items. There are 125 options available on a single Coke Machine today. There are 2.2 million apps available in the Android App Store with estimates…

There are a few foundational questions we have in regard to living a life of real and practical faith.  When we answer these questions Faith becomes a way of life.  An Ordinary Faith is the stuff for every ordinary day of our lives, not just for Sundays and special seasons. How to Start… Jesus himself…

Luke 2:42-43 (NLT) When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual. 43 After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. The Bible is purposefully silent on the childhood of Jesus. We only have a fairly detailed record of His birth and this one…

One Christmas when I was six or seven years old we celebrated at my grandmother’s house.  This was a long time a ago and gifts were much less extravagant in the 1970’s, but that Christmas made an impression upon my young mind. My Grandmother had given all of my aunts and my mother some new…

God came to be WITH Us. He came to serve, to demonstrate what real Love looks like. We can learn to be WITH Him and WITH Others in order to serve them and demonstrate His Love. On September 28, 1928.  Alexander Fleming entered his laboratory to find that someone had left a petri dish of…

Matthew 6:33 (NLT) Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. God’s Way and My Way are not the same. It’s hard to put God’s Kingdom first. It’s almost impossible not to worry about the stuff of this world, our wardrobes, our diets, and…

As part of our spiritual riches in Christ, God gives people a new identity. Our new self is as different from the old as light is from darkness. Because we aren’t who we once were, we should live like people whose lives reflect the light of Jesus. In Christ, your life has been transformed from…

Our first impulse in prayer is usually to pray for ourselves. That’s okay. Jesus invited us to pray for our needs every day (Matthew 6:11-12). When we do pray for others, the focus is often on a health issue or life crisis. By contrast, the example of the apostle Paul shows us three ways we…