1 {HEARD} “The desire to be heard is as deeply seeded as the desire to be loved. For some people, it doesn’t matter who’s on the other end.” ~ David Levithan “We all like to think that, despite our position in life, we are a ‘somebody’ that matters. We may not be a politician, a celebrity, an academic, etc., but we are here and involved in the world around us and we want desperately to belong. We have a voice and an opinion and crave to be taken seriously. We all want the very same thing…to be h...
Jul 08, 2021•28 min
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Jul 06, 2021•18 min
What a privilege we have been given as Christians to show our world the way of Jesus and what it means to be His follower. There are so many aspects to show people, so many aspects to this “Christ-life” that we lead, but perhaps none more important for our times than that of showing honor. Showing honor is in many ways forgotten by our modern world and yet the Lord calls us to that duty, in all our relationships, and particularly when it comes to the people He has set over us in our lives from t...
Jul 04, 2021•32 min
What a privilege we have been given as Christians to show our world the way of Jesus and what it means to be His follower. There are so many aspects to show people, so many aspects to this “Christ-life” that we lead, but perhaps none more important for our times than that of showing honor. Showing honor is in many ways forgotten by our modern world and yet the Lord calls us to that duty, in all our relationships, and particularly when it comes to the people He has set over us in our lives from t...
Jul 04, 2021•32 min
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, th...
Jul 01, 2021•29 min
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Jun 29, 2021•14 min
Jun 29, 2021•15 min
Last week we were reminded that we are always “Working from Rest” as we use our “Sabbath”, which is Sunday, for that very purpose. Today we will be reminded that we’re called to make this “Sabbath Day”...“Holy”. Our “Sabbath Day” is not just rest for our bodies, it’s also and far more importantly rest for our souls. We start our week resting back on the Heavenly Father and watching as He builds us up, nurtures our faith, and strengthens our walk for the week ahead. We are fueled by Him and His W...
Jun 27, 2021•29 min
Last week we were reminded that we are always “Working from Rest” as we use our “Sabbath”, which is Sunday, for that very purpose. Today we will be reminded that we’re called to make this “Sabbath Day”...“Holy”. Our “Sabbath Day” is not just rest for our bodies, it’s also and far more importantly rest for our souls. We start our week resting back on the Heavenly Father and watching as He builds us up, nurtures our faith, and strengthens our walk for the week ahead. We are fueled by Him and His W...
Jun 27, 2021•28 min
Jun 23, 2021•14 min
Jun 22, 2021•13 min
Jun 22, 2021•16 min
We have be led to believe that if you’re not working, working, working, you’re somehow falling, falling, falling behind. What used to be a 9-5 day, forty-hour week, has now morphed into a 7-7 day and a 65 hour week! Even retirees will say “I’m working now more than ever!” That kind of non-stop work was never God’s plan for us. Work hard? Yes! Work diligently? Absolutely! But work yourself into the ground? Never. God calls us to Sabbath...God calls us to rest. And for the Christian, we work from ...
Jun 20, 2021•26 min
We have be led to believe that if you’re not working, working, working, you’re somehow falling, falling, falling behind. What used to be a 9-5 day, forty-hour week, has now morphed into a 7-7 day and a 65 hour week! Even retirees will say “I’m working now more than ever!” That kind of non-stop work was never God’s plan for us. Work hard? Yes! Work diligently? Absolutely! But work yourself into the ground? Never. God calls us to Sabbath...God calls us to rest. And for the Christian, we work from ...
Jun 20, 2021•36 min
Jun 16, 2021•11 min
Jun 15, 2021•16 min
The Bible is very clear about the import of the name of God. We are never, ever to take His name lightly but are to call upon His name in prayer and bear His name in this world, in such a way that others will see in us the true reverence we have for our Lord and yes, for His name. Everything we say and everything we do should give evidence that we believe with all of our heart the words of Paul in Philippians chapter two “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is ...
Jun 13, 2021•27 min
The Bible is very clear about the import of the name of God. We are never, ever to take His name lightly but are to call upon His name in prayer and bear His name in this world, in such a way that others will see in us the true reverence we have for our Lord and yes, for His name. Everything we say and everything we do should give evidence that we believe with all of our heart the words of Paul in Philippians chapter two “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is ...
Jun 13, 2021•30 min
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Jun 08, 2021•16 min
Jun 08, 2021•12 min
If you’ve lived long enough you’ll eventually fall in love...and that’s deeper than it first appears. To be sure, we can fall in love with people, but we can also “fall in love” with hobbies, places, careers, possessions...you name it. We can have an absolute deep devotion to and indeed a “trust” in the people and things of this world. But in this message in the “Freed From—Freed For” series, we’re reminded that we are to “fear, love and trust in God...above all things”. Can we love other things...
Jun 06, 2021•26 min
If you’ve lived long enough you’ll eventually fall in love...and that’s deeper than it first appears. To be sure, we can fall in love with people, but we can also “fall in love” with hobbies, places, careers, possessions...you name it. We can have an absolute deep devotion to and indeed a “trust” in the people and things of this world. But in this message in the “Freed From—Freed For” series, we’re reminded that we are to “fear, love and trust in God...above all things”. Can we love other things...
Jun 06, 2021•38 min
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Jun 01, 2021•15 min
Jun 01, 2021•18 min
One of the questions that every Christian should ask about their faith is “What do the Ten Commandments have to do with my faith-life today?” The reason you should ask that is that the Lord Jesus Himself said in Matthew five, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” So what does it mean that He is not “abolishing” but “fulfilling” them? To begin with, He fulfilled them for you! He fulfilled the Law, the whole Law, by...
May 30, 2021•31 min
One of the questions that every Christian should ask about their faith is “What do the Ten Commandments have to do with my faith-life today?” The reason you should ask that is that the Lord Jesus Himself said in Matthew five, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” So what does it mean that He is not “abolishing” but “fulfilling” them? To begin with, He fulfilled them for you! He fulfilled the Law, the whole Law, by...
May 30, 2021•26 min
