One of the most amazing gifts of doing life together as believers is that it’s not only a “horizontal” community in which we engage with each other, but when we are together it is a “vertical” and holy communion.
Read MoreDeclaring the Word is so much more than the preaching you hear on Sunday morning. It also occurs when each one of us shares how the gospel is at work in our own lives.
Read MoreThis is a call to preach the Gospel to yourself daily, so that you live in constant surrender to the Hope of Glory that lives in you!
Read MoreIf we want our opinions to matter and others to hear our concerns, maybe the best place to start is by examining our hearts. Do my words or actions foster personal status or gain? Who or what am I promoting? Is the goal of what I have to say for another's benefit? Am I loving others well?
Read More“IF ALL OF LIFE IS A GIFT TO BE STEWARDED, THEN THIS IS A PERFECT TIME TO CONSIDER REBALANCING YOUR INVESTMENT MIX OF TIME, TALENT, AND TREASURE.”
Read MoreMaybe we’re not all in the “middle ages” of our journeys, but I dare say we all forget where we’ve been and where we are going. When we are faced with uncertain times, such as these, our memory of God’s goodness perhaps becomes hazy or altogether forgotten as we look to worldly sources for information or enlightenment as to how we ought to live.
Read MoreWhat are you thinking about? Are your eyes and thoughts focused on things that will make you anxious? Are your eyes and thoughts focused on the God of Peace? Are your eyes and thoughts focused on what you are missing out on, or on what you have to be thankful for right now? What if instead of worrying, you sat down and wrote a “thankful list”?
Read MoreI deserved all that Christ took upon Himself. I should have found myself on that cross. But wait. God, in His infinite mercy, took an innocent life, and thrust upon it all the sin of mankind. That life paid the price.
Read MoreWelcome to the start of a new year. The season when we set goals for change in our personal lives and change of our habits with the hopes of things lasting longer than 2 days.
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