Stepping out in faith…
4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; …
I think it's easy to get comfortable in our relationship with God. We get up on Sunday morning and go to church, sing a few songs, listen to a sermon and feel like we've given God a portion of our time. Wow, that's so sad, but I've been there, I understand. But, I want to …
Have you ever noticed how Satan questions you about your past? He often reminds you of the mistakes you've made and that you don't deserve the peace and joy that God has to offer. God will take you as you are. When we can't release the guilt of our past, it keeps us from loving …
Human nature leads us to sin. Even when we don’t want to admit it and we make excuses for our indiscretions. Let’s take a look at what the apostle John says about sin. 4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order …
Faith lived out in family can look different for each of us. Family life gets messy sometimes. We all have our dysfunctions, but no matter what our dysfunctions are, we’re still family and somehow that overrules dysfunction. We can get defensive when someone crosses a member of our family. This is what John, the apostle, …
Two of the most difficult things to get straight in life are love and God. The two can’t be separated. To love the right way we have to be right with God and to deal with God the right way, we have to learn to love the right way. For John’s instruction to the churches …
I was listening to a friend talk about the state of the world right now. He asked if we had filled our basement with canned goods for when things get worse. Conspiracy theories, invasions, financial crises, anxiety. All of these apparently on the horizon for the world we live in if you believe some of …
Is image really everything? A lot of people seem to think so because we’ll go to great length to keep up appearances. It was the same in biblical times as well. Let’s take a look at what happened as the new church was forming. We talked last week about the growing number of those who …
17 ”Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. 18 But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Christ would suffer.”Acts 3:17-18 Peter is speaking to those who had gathered to hear about this Jesus that they had condemned on a …
In February we looked at Acts 3:1-10, this week we go back to Acts 3 and continue looking at the crippled beggar that Peter and John heal. As they heal the beggar, people are astonished at this, it catches their attention, but they aren’t saved. Peter wants them to know that he is just like …
Where God Leads 