We Are…Transformed – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the beginning of a call to action from one early Christian leader, Paul, reminding Christians that following Jesus is a lifelong transformation that should be evident in their actions, words and hearts. He gives some examples in the […]
We Are…Made New – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of how God intends to make all things new – including heaven, earth, and us! Let’s think a little bit about a new earth…and our lives made new as well. There are all kinds of signs […]
We Are…One – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the Chrsitian teaching about divisions and labels. An early Christian leader named Paul wrote that For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither […]
We Are…Gifted – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of how follosers of Jesus are individually gifted to do God’s work. Collecgtively, imagine the power of this. Millions of individual Christians, with God-given gifts, joining together in a global community called the church. Imagine the […]
We Are…At Peace – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read a Bible passage about joy and peace for Christians. It can be hard, we admitted, to be the picture of peace in situations that are difficult. Today we’ll read about the practice Paul recommended. I like to think […]
We Are…Protected – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read about the protection God gives us against evil – which Paul described using the imagery of armour – like a belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes of readiness given by the gospel of peace, a […]
We Are…Spirit Led – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read about the role of the Holy Spirit in a Christian life. So how does this new Spirit change us? Paul changes gears somewhat in Romans 8:12-13, turning from what God does for us through the Holy Spirit to […]
We Are…Love – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the Bible’s most beautiful description of love – the famous 1 Corinthians 13 that is read at so many weddings! Here’s what we read yesterday: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have […]
We Are…Community – Thursday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Paul and Silas escaping from jail, and how they didn’t just run for their lives, but saved the jailer from killing himself. I asked yesterday how you saw the jailer taking the sense of Christian […]
We Are…Community – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Paul and Silas escaping from jail, and how they didn’t just run for their lives, but saved the jailer from killing himself. I asked yesterday how you saw the jailer taking the sense of Christian […]
We Are…Generous – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Paul travelling to a town where he met with a group of women. We talked about Paul’s generosity in travelling, sacrificing, and crossing gender barriers to spread the news about Jesus. But I want our […]
We Are…Healers – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Peter raising a dead woman to life. I asked you to read another story, of Jesus doing something similar in Mark 5:21-42 and write down some of the parallels. There are definitely some clear […]
We Are…Free – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Peter Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. And behold, […]
We Are…Messengers – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. We saw yesterday how the first Christians escaped from jail and immediately started proclaiming the same message that got them in trouble in the first place! And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high […]
We Are…Changed People – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Saul, an authorized mercenary tracking down Christians, and how he became a follower of Jesus himself, blinded and thrown off his horse on the road to Damascus when Jesus spoke to him. He’s been rendered […]