faith Archives - Jovan Barrington

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019

My Faith Challenge

What is a challenge to your faith? We were instructed to choose a partner and ask this question to one another in a Bible class recently. At first, I was a little stumped by it. When my partner asked me, I drew a blank and then proceeded to answer, “nothing.” “Nothing” was my initial response but then I self-corrected and shared a challenge that I had forgotten about but that it has not forgotten me. It’s a challenge that just lingers in the shadows and every-so-often will reveal itself in the most opportune moments. Usually, it’s when I am in the pits of self-doubt.

July 30, 2019July 30, 2019

Holy Spirit Keep Pouring

Ana and I were using our King Soopers fuel points the other day. We pulled both cars up to the pump to fill both tanks and maximize our discount. We had enough points for 40 cents off per gallon. While I was pumping her tank I pulled the hose about as far as it would go and the gas stopped flowing. We both debated on whether or not there is a limit to how many gallons you can pump. But then I looked up the hose and there was a kink that was restricting the gasoline from pouring into the tank. I went up the hose and removed the kink and the gas started flowing again.

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019

Raised to Life: Looking in the Right Place

Looking for love in the wrong place.

When I was in college, I was looking for love in all the wrong places. I thought I would find love in teen night clubs or in a bar. But people aren’t looking for love when they go to those places, they’re looking for fun. This is why you are disappointed when you don’t find the relationship you’re looking for. You’re looking in the wrong places.

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019

Live a Life of Love: Worship God

In college I accepted an invitation to attend a small church with some friends I had recently met. Everyone there was doing something I hadn’t seen before. They followed along with preacher’s sermon using their Bible. So as to not feel out of place I went out and bought my own Bible from a Book’s a Million in Mobile, Alabama. I was ready for the next time I went to that church.

November 6, 2018

Greater Faith: Unshakable

The believers in Hebrews like Jesus were being persecuted at the hands of sinners but unlike Jesus, they had not given up their lives. You may be suffering under sin and have become tired and weary. Hebrews chapter 12 gives us reasons to hold on to faith when we are enduring hardships. Discover why you can have an unshakable faith and not lose heart.

October 30, 2018October 31, 2018

Greater Faith: Live by Faith, Not by Sight

The book of Hebrews is a deeply theological book. When we struggle to connect with some of its message we are relieved when we get to chapter 11. Chapter 11 puts into practice what the book prioritizes, faith in Jesus. Chapter 11 allows us to witness how faith allows believers to see what is unseen. We all together with these “heroes” can see what God has promised through faith and become perfected as one.

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

Greater Faith: I Love My Shadow

I am going to the beach.
Look! I brought a friend.
I like to chase him.
But, sometimes he chases me.
…
Oh no! Here comes a big cloud.
Now my friend is gone.
I am all alone.
I know what to do!
I chase the cloud away.
Now my friend is back again.
We are a great team.
(An excerpt from I Love My Shadow, a children’s book by Hans Wilhelm).

October 2, 2018October 2, 2018

Greater Faith: Greater Covenant

Halloween is approaching and I was told a by someone recently at a dinner party that when they were a kid they remembered that one of the former Broncos players would give away VHS movies to kids who came to his home trick-or-treating. That sounds like an awesome gift in 1990. Now you can digitally download and stream movies in 4K/UHD. It’s safe to say that VHS cassettes and players are obsolete. You can still give them away for Halloween, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

September 25, 2018

Greater Faith: Greater Minister

When we consider why our faith may be waning it could be that we have placed it in a savior who in our heart and mind does not match His supremacy that is described in the book of Hebrews. Jesus says that your faith needs to only be the size of a mustard seed to be great. To have a greater faith you don’t focus on describing your faith but in describing the object of our faith, Jesus. A greater faith is found in believing in the One who is greater.

September 18, 2018

Greater Faith: Greater Word

Listen up! I’ve got a word for you. That might get your attention and you may draw in even more if I told the word was from your forefathers. You might be very intrigued if I said I had word from an angel. You might think that what you would hear would be one of the greatest messages you may ever hear. But the word I’ve got doesn’t come solely from any of those sources. What if I told you there was a Greater Word?