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 …
Image Is Everything
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 …
Becoming An Acts 4 Church
What does it take to be the kind of church Peter spoke to in Acts 4? Our pastor’s message has been in Acts for a while now. I find this text to be very inspiring in the times we are living. We looked at Acts 4 beginning with verse 32. 32 All the believers were …
When’s Last Time You Had A Shaken Moment?
”After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.”Acts 4:31 What brought about this event of their meeting place being shaken? It happened after they prayed! If prayer can be that earth shattering, why don’t we do …
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Where Does Your Oil Come From?
I continually find things in the Bible that I never fully understood, no matter how many times I’ve read the passage. For instance, the parable about the ten virgins in Matthew 25. I understood that it was about us being prepared for Christ’s return. But I don’t think I fully understood what that entailed. I’ve …
Where Is Your Faith?
We all have faith in something. When you sit down in a chair, do you examine it first to see if it’s sturdy enough to hold you or do you just sit down with faith that it’ll do what it’s supposed to do? Do you take the medicine you got at the pharmacy having faith …
God Is Always At Work
This morning was one of those times at church that I could really feel God at work! I plan out our music on a monthly basis, usually. I never know what the sermon is going to be. Even though I had this set planned weeks in advance, I wasn’t sure about the first song. I’d …
Galatians 3: Law Versus Faith
As we continue our look at Galatians, we find Paul urging the new Christians to be aware that those who live by the law are under a curse… 10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: ”Cursed is everyone who does not continue to …
Help Me Love You More, God
God never ceases to amaze me in the way he orchestrates my life. So often, I see the same messages related over and over in my Bible studies, devotionals, and sermons I hear. This Sunday was no exception. I read my devotional in the morning, but didn’t realize until this morning that the devotional was …
Psalm 23: A New Take
Psalm 23 is probably one of the most well known and quoted chapters of any in the Bible, at least recognized if you began to read it. It was the first Psalm that I memorized. I was in the 5th or 6th grade and was challenged to memorize it overnight to recite the next day …