So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” John 13:34-35 (NLT) You absolutely do not want to miss church this
Continue readingFrom one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.“His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from
Continue readingTo keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud. Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best
Continue readingShare each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. Isaiah 43:19 (NLT) What a great week! I have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with you each evening during our 4TH Annual Week of Prayer. While things have been busy, it has been a great chance to grow
Continue readingFor I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. Isaiah 43:19 (NLT) What we need are pathways in the wilderness and rivers in a dry
Continue readinghey are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit. Jeremiah 17:8 (NLT) Welcome to 2020! Our theme at
Continue readingBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf. Micah 5:2 (NLT) Merry (early) Christmas! Come out this evening and celebrate the true Reason
Continue readingFor unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV) A baby changes everything. I thought I understood what that meant
Continue readingWhen the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” Luke 2:15 (NLT) I’ve had the chance to witness powerful and influential people arrive at special occasions. One memorable
Continue reading“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’” Matthew 1:23 (NLT) At Christmas time it feels like it should be easy to be centered on Christ, after all, it is in the
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