Delighting in Love // Micah 7:18

By Mark Jordan | October 8, 2022

Are you holding a grudge against someone? Is someone holding a grudge against you? Feels icky, doesn’t it? Take a look at today’s verse. This is the prophet, Micah, who espouses a powerful truth about the character of God. It acknowledges how God does get angry when His people hurt others, disobey the Lord, and…

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Mercy = Strength

By Mark Jordan | January 21, 2022

Matthew 5:7 Today’s verse comes from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, and the Beatitudes in particular. His aim was to flip conventional wisdom upside-down based on God’s desire for our lives. When we think about mercy, it means to withhold a punishment someone deserves in order to bestow a love one could never earn. Some…

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A River of Righteousness

By Mark Jordan | January 12, 2022

Amos 5:24 and Romans 12:19-21 I get the image of a mighty, rushing river flowing. Can you hear the sound? Can you sense the power? Can you imagine the mist blowing on your face, even standing at a distance? This is how God wants justice to flow. The scriptures teach that justice means to make…

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