Month: September 2020
Help Along the Way

Help Along the Way

Many of Jesus’ teachings are difficult to practice. Love God. Love your neighbor. Love your enemy. These teachings and more outline what abundant living looks like here on earth for every believer in Jesus. But there’s a problem: these teachings are often...

The Holy Spirit in Your Life

The Holy Spirit in Your Life

In the Bible, we read Jesus promising to send the Holy Spirit to his disciples after He is gone. As believers in Jesus, the Holy Spirit is also with us, living inside of us, just as Jesus promised. The question is, why did Jesus send the Holy Spirit to be with us?...

Kids Experience September 27

Kids Experience September 27

God forgives our sins.Jesus gave us the perfect example of forgiveness when He died on the cross for our sins. He paid the price for the things we’ve done wrong. Because He did that for us, we can ask God to forgive our sins. We can be forgiven because of Jesus!...

In Him

In Him

In Him For in him we live and move and exist.Acts 17:28a  Do you feel the pull? You are trying to stay rooted, yet your arms and legs are stretched in different directions. It could be the needs of your family. It could be job responsibilities....

Iron Sharpens Iron

Iron Sharpens Iron

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17 OBSERVATION The writer isn't specifically talking about iron, or metal. The writer is saying that when two strong things work together, they become stronger. That's what believers are supposed to...

Living Hope

Living Hope

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” 1 Peter 1:3 (NIV) OBSERVATION I don’t know about you but sometimes I have gotten so used...

The Freedom in Confession

The Freedom in Confession

Have you ever dreamed you were standing in front of a crowd in just your underwear? Feeling exposed and embarrassed is a familiar nightmare. But for the first humans in the Bible, this was a very real experience. After Adam and Eve sinned, eating from that fateful...

Kids Experience September 20

Kids Experience September 20

God can help you be an encourager We all go through things that are difficult. It means EVERYTHING to know that your friend is there to cheer you on!  Remember, God can help you be an encourager with your friends. Jesus promised that God would send us a Helper: His...

Confessing Your Sins

Confessing Your Sins

God’s redemptive plan for humanity involves the death of Jesus for the sins of everyone. But we enjoy God’s forgiveness only when we believe what Jesus did for us. Have you noticed, even Christians still sin? Confessing or admitting our daily sin keeps our...

Rest in Me

Rest in Me

Rest in Me Pray continually. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 rolls on. Summer is fading into fall and we still are feeling the effects. Strangely, as restrictions have loosened up, life seems to feel heavier. The simplest things, falling asleep, staying...

What Would Jesus Do?

What Would Jesus Do?

What Would Jesus Do?One day, early in our marriage, my husband came home from work frustrated. His supervisor was calling the black men he worked with “boy.” My husband recalled standing there shocked and offended. It was clear his colleagues were offended. Yet, no...

A New Creation

A New Creation

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." 2 Corinthians 5:17 OBSERVATION The Church of Corinth had issues. Paul's writing here is to address just one of the many challenges facing...

Your Assurance of Salvation

Your Assurance of Salvation

Is it possible to know you have a new life through Christ and are headed for heaven? If so, how? God never intends for the assurance of your salvation to be a perpetual guessing game. You can know you’re saved. Unfortunately, you can lose your grip on the assurance of...

Kids Experience September 13

Kids Experience September 13

Friends love one another.Friends love one another. That’s easy to say, but it’s not always easy to do. If we really want to love our friends the way God wants us to, we need God’s help. God loves us so much that He sent His only Son, Jesus, to die on a cross for our...

Receive the Gift

Receive the Gift

Have you ever received a compliment and then dismissed it or re-focused the conversation on something else? Have you ever received a Christmas gift and then felt bad because you didn’t have one to give in return? Yeah, I’ve been there. “To doubt the guarantee of...

We Remember

We Remember

We Remember God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth should changeAnd though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea…God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved…Cease striving and know that...

He’s Got Your Back

He’s Got Your Back

“No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord." Isaiah 54:17 OBSERVATION Reading this verse we can be assured...

Kids Experience September 6

Kids Experience September 6

God created friendship.God CREATED friendship. He knew when He first created people that we would need friends. And when Jesus came to live here on Earth, He showed us what the very BEST kind of friendship looks like. Jesus is the greatest friend we could ever have....

A Good God

A Good God

Nothing challenges our view of God like challenges. Maybe, lately, you feel like you’ve had your share of obstacles and hardships. When we’re pressured with difficulties, our idea of a good God can end up on the chopping block. How can God be good when evil exists and...