Pastoral Connection: The Mission of Jesus Tells His Story by His Resurrection April 7, 2024 Reread Acts 1:1 – 11 “What if we waited on the Holy Spirit just as they did?” God created the heavens and the earth. He filled it with creatures of many kinds, and then He made a man and a… Read More »
3/17/24 Pastoral Connection: Spiritual GPS – The Way, the Truth, the Life
Pastoral Connection: Spiritual GPS – The Way, the Truth, the Life March 17, 2024 Reread John 13:33 – 38; 14:1 – 7 “Are we opening the road to Christ and pointing everyone to him?” God, the perfect Father, does not want His children lost as we move toward Him, and certainly doesn’t want us confused… Read More »
3/3/24 Pastoral Connection: Spiritual GPS – I AM the Good Shepherd
Spiritual GPS – I AM the Good Shepherd Reread John 8:12 – 20 “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” – Psalm 23:1 Jesus is our Good Shepherd because He knows us intimately, knowing everything about us that we may not even want revealed to others. That fact can be terrifying at first,… Read More »
2/18/24 Pastoral Connection: Spiritual GPS – I Can See Clearly Now
Pastoral Connection: Spiritual GPS – I Can See Clearly Now Reread John 8:12 – 20 “The light doesn’t make the darkness any less dark, but it drives the darkness away.” Just as we need light to help us find our way around in the dark, following Jesus as “the light of the world” helps us… Read More »
40 Days of Prayer Week 4
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40 Days of Prayer Week 2
PRAY NOW BY AMY ROEDDING INTRODUCTION Our passage in Luke 18:1 states, “Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.” I. The Book The book of Luke was written to Theophilus (Luke 1:4). John Piper, in one of his messages, “The Aim of Dr.… Read More »
WHAT IS FASTING
What is Fasting? Fasting is an idea that comes from the Bible. We see God’s people fasting at different times in the Bible (Exodus 34:28). Jesus himself fasted for 40 days (Matthew 4:2-4). And Jesus expects that his followers will fast from time to time (Matthew 6:17). Fasting is the voluntary denial of a particular… Read More »
40 Days of Prayer Week 1
It’s Time To Get Radical About Your Faith and Relationship With Jesus. Week 1 WAKE UP NOW Romans 13:11 Everyday, we wake up and go through our day full of tasks. In romans 13:11, God calls us to spiritually wake up now: “Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you… Read More »