Christian, God Delights In You

It is said that we are born into the world looking for someone who is looking for us. This is why it’s so important for parents to connect with their children in the earliest part of their life. We were made for relational connection, made in the image of a “We” not an “I.” Just as each person of the Trinity delights in the other, so we who bear God’s image were made to delight in others and be delighted in by others. Unfortunately, many of us feel like [...]

By |2025-11-06T22:23:07-06:00September 1st, 2020|John Sypert, Newsletter|

Suffering Together: Meditation on 1 Corinthians 12:26

“If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.” – 1 Corinthians 12:26 In this season of great, worldwide, suffering, the church needs to remember the oneness we have in Christ.  Our faith in Jesus’s sacrifice for our sins on the cross brings us into a family, into a body that has many members.  In every family, there will be suffering and there will be rejoicing.  Me and my family cried together when we learned that my mother tested positive for the coronavirus.  [...]

By |2025-11-06T22:23:27-06:00August 1st, 2020|John Sypert, Newsletter|

Watch Your Words (Especially During a Presidential Campaign)

Christians have always needed to think carefully about the way we use words. The apostle Paul wrote, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” (Eph. 4:29, NIV). James said, “The tongue is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.” James pled with the early [...]

By |2025-11-06T22:23:27-06:00July 1st, 2020|John Sypert, Newsletter|
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