Grace Gathering

“The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered.” Genesis 39:2a In 1930, two young brothers named Dick and Maurice McDonald moved from New Hampshire to California to pursue the American dream of being successful.  After a few failed ventures, they struck gold when they opened a small drive-in restaurant.  By…

“‘Here comes that dreamer!’ they said to each other.  ‘Come now,let’s kill him…Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.’” Genesis 37:19-20 Joseph found out what every dreamer finds out – not everyone is happy about your dream.  Joseph found out that people would envy your dream, conspire against it,…

“He said to them, ‘Listen to this dream I had.’” Genesis 37:6 In 1989, a movie called “Field of Dreams” was released.  Kevin Costner played Ray Kincella, a 37 year-old man who had never done a crazy thing in his life until he heard a voice one day that said,…

“Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb.” Genesis 30:22 Rachel was Jacob’s dream wife.  They were very much in love.  Like most married couples, they desired to have a child so their love could walk upon the earth.  God listened to Rachel’s dream for a…

“Why is the house of God neglected?  Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts.”                      Nehemiah 13:11b When the Olympics came to America several years ago, part of the experience was to see the Olympic flame.  For every Olympics, a flame is lit from the eternal Olympic…

“And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.” Matthew 6:13 Jesus taught us much about prayer in example and in word.  “The Lord’s Prayer,” or as it could be known, “The Disciple’s Prayer” is a part of Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount. …

When God wanted his tabernacle or temple built he did not ask his people to conduct a fundraiser.  He told his leaders to communicate the need, why the need was there, and how to meet that need.  For the Jewish people, that project of building a facility for God was…