Have you ever read a Scripture verse and immediately furrowed your eyebrows in confusion? Did the Bible just say that God has hands and arms? The LORD regretted that he made man? I thought God was Spirit and that he doesn’t have body parts like eyes or ears. Why does Scripture speak about God having human-like emotions or body parts?

Jeremiah brings us a brief devotion through the Fruits of the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23

As we march through this devotional series on why public worship matters, part 3 answers why worship matters. And it might be as simple as that age old Sunday School answer: God! Y’all know the story, right? The pastor in the sermonette tells the kids he’s describing an animal. He says it’s gray, it has a bushy tail, loves nuts, and climbs trees.

Today, Jeremiah takes us through a devotion from James 1:5

Imagine a basketball game being played on a court, but the court is 100 feet up on the roof of a building. The building’s size is 94x50 feet, which just happens to be the basketball court’s size as well. Two competitive teams are playing ball, when a defender swats it out of the other player’s hand. It’s rolling towards the edge.