Here We Raise our Ebenezer
Here We Raise our Ebenezer

Every family should practice the Ebenezer Principle. Every family and church family should store up memories of God’s faithfulness and bring them to mind when courage, reassurance of God’s love, or fresh hope is needed. Our own family has benefited from the practice of the Ebenezer principle in time of suffering, discouragement, and danger.

And the time to practice the Ebenezer principle--remembering God’s past mercies and bringing them to mind--is right now, don’t you think? Today, let’s begin to raise up our own RBC stone of remembrance, our own Ebenezer! Here we raise our Ebenezer.

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Tim ColeEbenezer, 1 Samuel 7, Stone of Help, Samuel the Prophet, Robert Robinson, Come Thou Fount, Raise an Ebenezer, Thunder, Ebenezer PrincipleComment
Social Distancing Is Not a Guarantee of Spiritual Collapse
Social Distancing Is Not a Guarantee of Spiritual Collapse

A woman experienced twelve years of social distancing. Not twelve days or months, but twelve long years. That’s over 4,000 days of isolation. I cannot even imagine. Probably seemed like forever to her. Quarantined. Alone. Avoided. Rebuffed. And a guarantee of a collapsed faith, or, at least a prescription for a religious dropout, right? We wouldn’t be accused of being too hasty or off the mark if we expected such. But let’s examination those expectations. I invite you to observe the impact of long-term social distancing in the case of a woman.

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Tim ColeSocial distancing, corona virus, women, women of faith, Luke 8:40-56, Faith in Jesus, Luke's View of Woman, Women who made a difference
Women Serving Food
Women Serving Food

Receiving a meal from a woman is normally an everyday experience. It was our very first experience both inside and outside of the womb. When outside for the first time, we were nurtured at our mother’s breast. And since those beginning moments of life, we’ve enjoyed countless delicious meals, lovingly prepared by our mothers (and fathers, too). It’s a normal pattern.

And so, it is no surprise that our God uses this same pattern to remind us of how important it is to listen to His voice, that is to say, to obey his commands. Let me explain.

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Tim ColeEve women, food, Eden, Saul, witch, Endor, Serving food, Genesis 3:6, 1 Samuel 28, medium, death