The True Story of You
If someone was telling the story of your life, what kind of story would it be? Is it a comedy, a feel good romance? Or is it a tragedy, or a history full of dates and locations? There’s not a right or wrong answer. It’s just your life. Everyone has a story. What does yours say?
read moreLight Up The World
In the book of John, chapter 1, he writes that Jesus is the light of the world that light up every person who comes into the world. But Jesus said that we are the light of the world.
read moreThe Sleeping Farmer
How many ways did Jesus try to explain to his listeners about the Kingdom of God? He taught them in parables and stories and examples that they could see and relate to. Walking along in the countryside and seeing a field of wheat, Jesus would use the moment to teach. He looked for earthly examples to teach his followers lessons about the heavenly Kingdom.
read moreGod? Yeah, I’ve Heard of Him
The prophet of old said, “Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds…” Have we heard of what God has done? Do we stand in awe of what He has done? Lately? Or do we think of God like a washed up old hippie from the 60’s who used to be famous, but we haven’t heard or seen much of him lately?
read moreWish You Were Here
We’ve all been touched by tragedy. And we’ve seen it in the world around us. We can try to ignore it and insulate ourselves in our safe little bubble. But with our multi-media world it is becoming harder and harder to NOT be aware. And we can’t help but wonder, where is God?
read moreServant Leadership by Example
Jesus gave us the example of servant leadership, to lead by serving and doing. He told his disciples the greatest in the kingdom must become the servant of all.
read moreA Seal Upon Your Heart
The Song of Solomon is not always the most widely read books of the Bible. There aren’t too many sermon series about women caring for their vineyards and her lover like a young stag on the slopes of the mountains. But there are lessons in these few chapters about men and women and about God and his love toward us.
read moreJesus and The Leper
“Unclean! Unclean!” rang through the crowd. People looked around to see where the voice was calling from, so they could be sure to move away. Here comes the man, stricken with leprosy. A bubble of space surrounds him as he walks through the crowd toward Jesus. Because if someone unclean was touched the clean becomes unclean.
read moreThree Men, a King, and an Idol
It sounds like the start of a bad joke… “Three men, a king, and an idol walk into a bar…” But this is a story of faith, belief, trust, and loyalty in spite of overwhelming odds and uncertainty. We can learn a lot from this story.
read moreKnock Seek Ask
God wants to help us in our need and bless us in our desires. Jesus instructs us to Knock Seek and Ask, because God’s desire is to answer our prayers. He said, ” If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” Matthew 7:11.
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