Keeping Sacred Space Sacred (John 2:13-22)
The Lord wants a meaningful dialogue with us, and he will guard that place of connection with great zeal. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The Lord wants a meaningful dialogue with us, and he will guard that place of connection with great zeal. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The invitation which Christ extends to us is to move further into our fears, face those fears, and sit awhile with our fears, so that we can see how desperately we need the Savior Jesus. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The acceptance of reality will not occur apart from a solid self-acceptance of who we are and how we are feeling in any given situation. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Through both nature and law, the Lord has graciously made the divine life known to humanity. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Accept the situation as it is, and not as you want it to be. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Christian faith is a reliance upon and commitment to the promises of God that results in taking a risk. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The consistent retelling of deliverance stories can strengthen our faith and equip us for what is ahead. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Sometimes, like Peter, we may believe that the way I see and the way I perceive is the way things really are; or, at least, how I think they should be. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The Lord may not be working on the same timetable as you and me, but nevertheless, you are seen with divine eyes. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
To go with shortcuts, or ingenious plans for quickness and efficiency, will not end well. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
We may not get the miracle we desire. Yet, what we will get without fail, is God’s provision and steadfast love all the way through the suffering. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
If we want to handle temptation, it will take the hard slog of Lent to help us. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Whenever we suffer, there is something going on behind the spiritual scene. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
To be saved is to be freed for a vigorous moral life that is deeply concerned with altruistic actions in a world full of need. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Let the desert shape and strengthen your faith. Instead of bucking the desert and complaining about it, learn all you can about resisting temptation so that you can come out the other end stronger. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The Church’s calling is not to find others who can help them with their tithing and budget, or to keep the pews warm with fresh bottoms. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Impatience, impertinence, impoliteness, and being impetuous, all belong to the devil’s imps, and have nothing to do with announcing good news of great joy for all the people. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
God does not hold those past regrets over our heads, and so, neither are we to do it. Forgiveness isn’t only for others; it’s meant to be directed to ourselves, as well. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Spiritual disciplines such as fasting help us to maintain our most cherished values, to see them clearly, and to choose wisely based upon those values. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The Church everywhere and for all time confesses and proclaims that Jesus Christ descended to this earth, was visibly seen in a human body by both people and angels, proved right by the invisible Spirit, proclaimed among all kinds of peoples, believed in all over the world, and ascended into heavenly glory. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The universal reign of Jesus, the exalted Son of David, brings deliverance from guilt, shame, and injustice as the unique God-Man. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Deliverance and revival were integral to Christ’s earthly ministry. And Jesus expects his followers to do the same. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
“Whoever has been given much will be responsible for much. Much more will be expected from the one who has been given more.” Jesus (Luke 12:48, ERV) This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Important social, economic, and political policies and practices won’t just spring up from nowhere to benefit humanity; they must be intentionally cultivated by people who make it a priority to pay attention to such matters and follow through with the right, the just, and the good. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
We cannot simply assume that because we do something, and there was no immediate lightning strike, that it was okay. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Jesus was not only about to be crushed from physical bodies pressing in on him; he was going to be crushed by the sheer weight of the world’s tremendous need for healing. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Seeing only one set of footsteps in the sand, it turns out God is the One that carries the weak and weary in their trouble. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
If Christians keep focusing on the words and ways of Jesus, they will consistently practice humility, not pride; confession of faith, not calling out in anger; meekness, not aggressiveness; righteousness, not wrongdoing; mercy, not judgment; purity, not dirty politics; and peacemaking, not war-mongering. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
But God isn’t sleeping. The Lord hasn’t gone out to lunch or taken a bathroom break. God is not the problem. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
In truth, to not heal on the Sabbath is a travesty of God’s law. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/