Year: 2020
The Feast of Salvation
Imagine you’re at a wedding reception. There is music, laughter, dancing, and a lot of food. You might have a cocktail hour with an appetizer course, the main course, and a dessert course. Each of these courses is part of the overall meal during the celebration. The...
Comparison Part 2
Your Life with God
Salvation is often viewed as a singular “event” or moment in our lives. By God’s grace, we receive salvation by believing in the death and resurrection of Jesus to save us. There is a sense in which this is absolutely true, from the moment of belief we are saved...
Kids Experience October 18
Be a person of integrity.We can always look at Jesus and find the very BEST example of integrity. Jesus proved that we can ALWAYS trust Him. Jesus did what He said He would do, and He showed us what it means to be trustworthy and truthful. When we choose to live that...
Reframing the Bad
Have you ever thanked God for the bad things that have happened to you? I can picture your face, because I’m probably making the same one. Bad things are bad! They cause hurt, doubt, fear, confusion, and every sort of pain. If you’re like me, you spend your life trying to avoid bad things. You work hard, you read self-help books, you lock the doors, you study for tests, you go to the doctor, you try to pay the bills on time…the list is endless. But then one day, inevitably, something bad happens.
Jude Week 4
The Spiritual Life
We have been in the process of becoming who we are from the time we were born. Who we are today isn’t the person we were twenty years ago, or even twenty minutes ago. For better or worse, who we are, and who we are becoming, is constantly being shaped and transformed...
Jealousy
Kids Experience October 11th
He will always forgive us. We can be ourselves with God. We can ALWAYS go to Him, even we’ve done something wrong. We can know for SURE that He will always forgive us! We might still have to face the consequences of what we’ve done, but we know that we never have to...
Your Growth Toward Maturity
You’re born into God’s family the moment you place your faith in Jesus for eternal life. You start as a spiritual baby. But it’s never God’s intention for you to remain a baby. You are to grow and thrive as a maturing believer in Jesus. But you never grow passively....
If The Bones Are Good
The Lord calls us to build a foundation that can withstand every slammed door, every lost job, every accusation, every diagnosis, every disappointment, every betrayal, every loss, every sadness, every death and every dashed dream.