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Words matter! How can we use our words to give true encouragement as we talk with others about faith.
The joy Jesus brings is far more than happines, and it is bigger and more powerful than any of our circumstances.
Our greatest resource in living out our faith in the midst of an often hostile worldis the Holy Spirit who lives inside of us as followers of Jesus.
Jesus and His follwers are out of this world and don't fit into the world's systems. Jesus experienced persecution, and as Jesus' followers can expect the same.
Because He loved us, He died for us. As we learn to abide in that love, HIs love is able to flow through us to others.
When we believe and trust the Word of God, then we are filled by the Spirit of God so that we bear the fruit of God.
The same Holy Spirit that inspired the writing of God's Word illuminates our hearing of God's Word and guides us in applying it to our lives.
There are two main commands in the Gospel of John: BELIEVE and LOVE. We see Jesus being present and active in the world when we BELIEVE and LOVE one another.
Jesus' disciples asked him to show them the Father. Who IS Jesus, and who is the Father? Who is the God that we show to others?
Jesus makes an amazing promise that we can cling to over and over again as our faith is tested.
Where are you today when it comes to your relationship and/or response to Jesus? Are you an unbeliever? A sort-of believer? Or a true believer?
We were created to give glory to God because it’s right, and we need it. If we don’t give glory to God, we will give glory to ourselves or something else, leading to death and eternal separation from God
The Gospel is abundantly extravagant. How to we respond to a God who knew the cost of sending His One and Only Son and did it anyway?
A relationship with Jesus is available to all, but our heart condition is either a barrier or pathway to experiencing it. What's your heart condition?
Death is real, but it's not the end. Jesus' love for us makes a way from death to life because He is resurrection power and life itself.
Jesus received alarming news that a close friend is sick and near death. His reaction is a surprising one that gives us hope in difficult circumstances.
Jesus speaks clearly of who He is,but not all hear because of our unwillingness to believe. In spite of this, Jesus is always working to bring people to HImself.
When we find our identity as a sheep in God’s pasture that’s being led by our Good Shepherd, Jesus, then we are able to face the challenges, struggles, and the rejections of the world without ever being truly alone.
Jesus calls to us and leads us into a life of freedom and salvation when enter through Him as "the door." What other voices are we listening to? What other doors are we trying to walk through?
When Jesus healed a blind man the witnesses had lots of questions. The questions we ask tell us a lot about how we view God's work around us.
Jesus is calling out to us and telling us the Truth about Himself and us because He loves and cares for us too much to keep quiet.
Jesus alone is our only true source of freedom. What's holding you back from living in the freedom Jesus offers you?
Searching for and following Jesus is costly because when you truly find Him you are no longer in charge, but turn control over to Him.
Seeking the world's approval can keep us from fully trusting Jesus and experiencing Him for who He really is.
You can’t believe in Jesus without believing His words. Therefore, you cannot truly feed on Jesus without allowing them to transform you.
Jesus wants us to find HIm and experience HIm as the bread of life who will fully satisfy the deepest hunger in our souls.
When the early Church experienced the power of the Holy Spirit, it was the beginning of a ripple effect of the gospel throughout the world.
Sometimes living by faith means going into the storm just because Jesus sends us there, and He will always meet us in the storm.
Jesus doesn't want to be your second or third choice, He wants you to go to Him first. Do we believe and trust Him that He will be more than enough?
There is no middle ground with Jesus. He's either the biggest con man of all time, or He is exactly who He says He is - God HImself.
Jesus healed a man who had been an invalid for 38 years on the Sabbath, then opposition set in from people who should have known better.
Jesus has a word for you, and HIs Word can always be trusted. What are you trusting in and believing in more than Jesus that you need to set aside? Jesus' promises are true because He is trustworthy and faithful.
Jesus doesn't condemn us for our doubts, He meets us in our doubts and invites us into a deeper relationship with Him as a disciple.
The resurrection of Jesus is the single greatest event in all of human history. Yet, that first Easter morning Jesus' followers were looking for a dead body, not a resurrected savior. Who are you looking for?
The "garden" is where God meets His people. Jesus met God in the Garden of Gethsemane to bear the weight of our guilt and shame in a way we never could.
Palm Sunday - the crowd celebrated Jesus as their king, but what sort of king were they expecting? Jesus was not the king they wanted, but the king they needed. Who do we expect Jesus to be? Who is He, really?
What have you found so compelling you just had to share it with others? If you're a follower of Jesus, you have a story to tell, and telling your faith story can lead others to meet Jesus. Come and see...
Jesus doesn't run from us, He rescues us by providing for our deepest needs. He is our lving water that truly satisfies even our hidden brokenness.
John the Baptist went from "hero" to "zero" and couldn't be happier about it. There's lots we can learn from him as less is more when we focus on Jesus.
God’s love for us drove Jesus to the Cross to accomplish what we could never do for ourselves. He died the death we should have died so that we can live the kind of life that’s only possible with Him.
We can know lots of things about Jesus without really knowing Jesus. A relationship with Jesus is based on a new birth - a spiritual one. This new birth is the very bedrock foundation of our faith.
Jesus calls us to follow Him. It's only when we move from curious to committed to following Jesus that we can be raised to new life - the faith life God wants for each of us.
Jesus calls us to follow Him. It's only when we move from curious to committed to following Jesus that we can be raised to new life - the faith life God wants for each of us.
The light of Jesus gives us a firm foundation to walk confidently in a relationship with God. The light of Jesus gives life to God's vision.
Jesus meets us where we are and intentionally moves us to deeper levels of faith and maturity. We need to get off our seat where we are and follow Jesus' lead to the next area of growth.
You and I are part of God's plan of encouraging and building other believers. This relationship, called discipleship, is God's design for us to learn how to live out our faith.
The church isn't a building, it's a community of people. If we are truly to BE the church, what should that look like?
Jesus made an amazing statement to Peter about the cornerstone of the church. What does that mean for us in the church today?
The journey of the mysterious magi who followed a miraculous star to find the King of the Jews reveals some amazing things about how God reaches out to us.
The familiar story of Jesus' birth reveals who God is, how He came to us in Jesus, and why this changes everything.
In Mary's words of faith when the angel, Gabriel, visited her, we gain a deeper and more meaningful understanding of the true miracle of Christmas.
John the Baptist was God's witness to point people to Jesus. God is calling us to be a witness too. There are 3 simple things we can learn from John as we point others to Jesus.
Circumstances in our world can feel really hopeless right now. Where is God in this? Has He forgotten us? The ancient prophet, Isaiah, wrote some words of encouragement about a faithful king that still resonate with us today.
Over 3,000 years ago, King David wanted to build a house for God. But God had other plans. Bigger plans. Much bigger! As we continue to consider what “home” means to us in the world we live in today, we’ll explore together what it means to see that God Himself is the Housebuilder we need. He has the plans to build His Kingdom in a way the world never saw coming.
How can we press on in persistence to experience peace when we are overwhelmed and anxious?
Frustration and disappointment are part of our lives at one time or another. During challenging times what are you counting on to make it through?
It's easy to get swept up into daily chaos of activity. Jesus is the perfect example of focus on the main thing of who God calls us to be.
Joy is something that we can experience regardless of our circumstances, because its source is outside of our circumstances. The Apostle Paul starts his letter to the Philippian church full of joy - while he is in prison. His source of joy is one that we can access also.
Even things that are good and healthy for us can become temptation for us when we choose to use them improperly or abuse them.
Asking God's forgiveness and forgiving others are two hard concepts, but both open the pathway to restore relationship with God and between people.
Praying for God to provide for our needs teaches and trains us to look to God as our ultimate provider... our loving Heavenly Father.
What does it really mean when we pray "Your will be done?" If God is really good, and really does love me, why do I experience such difficult things? How can that be God's will for me?
What does it mean to ask God to rule and reign in our lives in such big ways that the world can't help but take notice?
Names have power. God's name is holy. What does that mean and how should it affect our prayer?
How do we pray? What do we pray? How do we approach God? Jesus teaches us a revolutionary way to pray - it begins with "Our Father".
God usually leads us in ways that are uncomfortable and fearful for us. How does God respond to our fears?
We know we should pray, and pray often, but there seems to be a big gap between knowing and actually praying. In the early church we see that prayer is the key to unlocking the movement of God.
Communion was a non-negotiable in the early church and it still is today. If we don’t know why we should take it seriously, we simply go through the motions without understanding the depth of its importance.
The early church knew that they could not live on mission unless they had God at the center and each other to share their burdens. It's also true today.
There are 3 key realities about the Apostles' teaching in the early church that are just as relevant to us today as they were 2,000 years ago.
The church was founded by Jesus and is loved by Him. We are the church and we should love the Church as Jesus does.
When we surrender to God's will, we no longer have a sense of entitlement, but we are an expression of God's character.
Faithfulness is a characteristic of who God is. God is faithful. God keeps His promises. How should we respond to His faithfulness?
God's goodness working in us is what makes us kind, it's not our attempts to be kind that makes us good.
Peace - we long for it, but it often feels elusive and it's definitely out of our control. Jesus gives us some encouraging words about how we can actually experience peace.
We often try to fake patience and we become exhausted by trusting in our own efforts.True Spiritual Fruit is produced through a relationship with Jesus.
We can't control our environment or engineer our circumstances to create joy. How can we experience joy in the low moments, or seasons of life?
As we remain in Jesus through trust and faithfulness, He remains in us through love and fruitfulness.
When we know who God is, we can be certain that He is FOR us, in even the most difficult times.
When we are surrounded by pressures and struggles Jesus is with us, and He has "set the table" with more than we need to handle it all.
There is an antidote for the poison of despair as we walk through our darkest and most challenging times.
In our relationship with our Good Shepherd, rest and guidance are part of the rhythm of His leading in our lives.
In the opening verse of this Psalm, God reveals who He is, who we are in relation to Him, and perspective for us in every aspect of our lives as our shepherd.
No matter how impossible circumstances look, Jesus has come to unleash hope in our lives in ways that changes everything.
Jesus' peace frees us into becoming what God is calling us to be in community as we bring hope to people around us.