Stepping out in faith…
Every week I sit down and write a blog post about my pastor’s sermon. I’m going to do it a little differently today. I’m going to give you the scripture reference and then give you just a few things that I took away from the sermon. 4Each of you should look not only to your …
As I prepare to write the blog post about our sermon each Sunday, I look over my notes and references from the Bible text. I look to God for his guidance before I start to type and ask him to guide my words. This sermon series has been a tough one personally. When I look …
When we are posed with the question, “Whose side are you on”? We may not realize our decision may be a defining moment in time. Joshua didn’t realize who he was talking to when he asked the question. 13 And then this, while Joshua was there near Jericho; He looked up and saw right in …
Listening to the sermons in our church often hit a chord within me which encourages me in my faith walk. Today’s sermon was about confession and repentance. It often makes us uncomfortable to admit the sins we are guilty of. The scripture for this sermon was 1 Samuel 7:1-6. In this passage, Samuel instructs the …
photo credit to https://unsplash.com/@everythingcaptured? I've often heard that we should worship God in Spirit and in Truth, but what does that mean? This is something that I really wanted to understand, so with some intentionality, I've done some digging to help me get a grasp on it. I actually think I've been making it a …
This song takes me right to the heart of God. I’d heard the song before, but hadn’t ever really tried to play/sing it. But, when I decided to work on it for worship, the words came alive. It begins with the proclamation, “I love You Lord, oh Your mercy never fails me”. Simple yet so …
This blog post is from Sunday 7/19/20. You can listen to the sermon here. I normally have this up before now, but I'm just now feeling like I'm ready to tackle this one. I wasn't able to be at church, so this is from the video version of the sermon for Milan Christian Church and …
Why is it that when we go to church, we don't always leave with the feeling that we've been in the presence of God? Does the problem lie with God or with us? I think we all know the answer to that. God is always there. Often we are just going through the motions and …
Our Sunday morning service normally starts with music as we begin our worship service. But in this morning, there was no music, no singing. I am in the praise band and I choose to use music in my personal worship time. But as our pastor, Jon Porter, pointed out this morning, music or singing are …
Have you ever been praying for something for awhile? For weeks or maybe even months or years? I’ve been doing that for a good while now. And today it hit me and I thought, “oh, I get it!” God doesn’t mind us asking for things. In fact, he wants us to ask for things. But …
Where God Leads 