God Is…Good – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of the Israelites finally entering the Promised Land, with God parting the waters of the Jordan […]
God Is…Powerful – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying Remember Rahab? She was the one who helped Israel’s spies escape capture, and who wanted to become a […]
God Is…Transformative – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying when Israel send spies into the promised land, and they were helped by a woman named Rahab, whom […]
God Is…Encouraging – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of Israel about to cross the Jordan River and enter the promised land. God gave them […]
God Is…Speaking – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying a bizarre story in the Bible where a man named Balaam was being paid to ask God to […]
God Is…Unfailing – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying how the Israelites were getting closer to the promised land, and Moses sent Caleb and some other spies […]
God Is…Worthy – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying how the Israelites built a tabernacle, or portable temple, while they were journeying toward the promised land after […]
God Is…One – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying how God is one, and was enraged when his People Israel worshipped a golden calf instead of him. […]
God Is…Patient – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying We were impatient, and God was patient. Thankfully this wasn’t just a one-time reality. He was showing us […]
God Is…Saviour – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying when God led his people, Israel, through the Red Sea to freedom from slavery in Egypt. I asked […]
God Is…Generous – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying a story from the Old Testament part of the Bible, where the Israelites were wandering, hungry in a […]
Thursday – Act On It – Structured Rest
I used to be really good at resting. I rock climbed, mountain biked, went running. I went to movies, read books, relaxed at home. Then I got a job! It became a lot harder when I was no longer a student. Add to that that pressures of family life – marriage and children – and […]
Thursday – Act On It – Inner Rest
If you ask people how they are doing, how often do they include the word “busy” in their reply? We often feel we need to justify ourselves that way – I’m busy. I’m not lazy. I’m productive! This isn’t untrue, we usually are busy! But it’s not always a good form of busyness. Negative busyness […]
Thursday – Act On It – Finding Rest
Our efforts to impose rest on ourselves often fail. That’s because the problem is not one of having the right tools to get things done, avoid procrastination, etc. We can use these things, but it really starts with our hearts – and there is a problem in our hearts called sin – the consequence of […]
Thursday – Act On It – We Need Rest
We have seen this week that Sabbath rest is something given by God at creation, and remains part of his continuing commands to Israel to celebrate their freedom in him. Over time, however, the Sabbath became much more than what God had simply commanded – as people developed many more regulations defining what entailed work […]