We are like a person drowning in the middle of a vast, storm-tossed ocean with no land in sight. We cannot save ourselves. Our only hope is for a rescuer to come. Christ has come to rescue us, and we receive that rescue not by our own efforts, but by placing our faith in Him.
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Many of us have grown up around Christianity. We attend church because our parents do/did, or perhaps because our friends invited us. We know the Bible stories, we sing the songs, and we even know the answers to some basic questions about Jesus.
But eventually every one of us has to ask a difficult question: Is my faith actually my own?
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What we all seek isn’t found in winning everyone’s approval or even in following our own desires. It’s found in surrendering our lives to Christ and living for His pleasure alone. When God becomes our audience of One, we are free – not to please everyone, but to love them, serve them and faithfully persuade them with the truth of the gospel.
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You may have come to faith in Jesus while still carrying years of fear, self-doubt, or the quiet belief that God’s love was something you had to continually prove yourself worthy of. If so, the book of Galatians was written for you. As a church, we will be diving more into this book over the summer. Christ has already done the work of setting us free from a transactional relationship with God. The chains that have kept us bound in fear and insecurity are already broken. The debt for our sin has been already paid. And the approval you have been straining after is already yours — not because of anything you have done, but because of everything Christ has done.
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Family Is God’s Design Family is and has always been God’s idea. He ordained it and designed it long before the world culture had the chance to redefine it. The apostle Paul points to us that our Lord has revealed Himself to us as a Father – 2 Corinthians 6:18: “I will be a Father
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The word kingdom comes from two ideas: king and dominion. Simply put, a kingdom is the place where the will of the king is done. When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He told them to ask that His Kingdom would come and His will be done “on earth as it is in heaven.” In Heaven, God’s will is done fully. There is no sickness, fear, torment, or oppression. And when the Kingdom of Heaven breaks into earth, the will of God is made known here as well.
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When Jesus came, He wasn’t simply offering people a better life. He was inviting them into an eternal kingdom with an invitation to build our lives on truth, grace, and the unchanging love of God. Every day we live for Jesus, we participate in something that will outlast us. Heaven measures legacy by generosity, words of encouragement, boldness to share Jesus, and acts of service. This is so different from how the world often measures legacy by things that fade so quickly after a funeral: accomplishments, possessions, and recognition.
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In Matthew 16:18, Jesus said,“I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” Just this past week we celebrated Pentecost Sunday, the birthday of the church. As we close in on the 2000th birthday of the church, I think even the most hardened skeptic would have to admit, “The Church has prevailed.”
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God’s calling is not connected to your feelings, and also that calling is deeper than emotion. Calling is rooted in God’s purpose and guarded by His grace and mercy. The word “irrevocable” in Romans 11:29 means something not withdrawn, not cancelled, and not regretted. God knew you and had appointed you for a purpose before you were born (Jeremiah 1:5), so He knew the mistakes you would make, including those you would make in the future, but He still chose you and made a promise to never leave you nor forsake you.
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(and What God Taught Me) Intimidation Could Be an Indication In August of 2021, we had a stirring in our hearts that just wouldn’t quit. We had been in Arizona for two years and carried a growing hunger to see God move in our area and in the lives of people we were getting to
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