Our first story in John is not only “the first sign” or “miracle” of Jesus, but it reminds us of yet another miracle He brings to our lives all the time. Jesus is interested in our family life! Yes, making water turn into the best wine available is amazing and wonderful and proves that Jesus is not just some “magician” but is in fact, God Almighty in the flesh. But notice that God Almighty in the flesh…attended a wedding! Jesus is interested in our families and in fact, in our families we can to...
Jun 12, 2022•23 min
Our first story in John is not only “the first sign” or “miracle” of Jesus, but it reminds us of yet another miracle He brings to our lives all the time. Jesus is interested in our family life! Yes, making water turn into the best wine available is amazing and wonderful and proves that Jesus is not just some “magician” but is in fact, God Almighty in the flesh. But notice that God Almighty in the flesh…attended a wedding! Jesus is interested in our families and in fact, in our families we can to...
Jun 12, 2022•32 min
Jun 09, 2022•37 min
Jun 08, 2022•12 min
This week we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit as it was given to Jesus’ disciples at Pentecost. The disciples are all together in one place and after receiving the Holy Spirit they are empowered to take the message of Jesus to the streets. They leave the safety and comfort of their home and powerfully speak to the truth of who Jesus is and what He has done. This week, like the early disciples, we are empowered and encouraged through the good news that we also have been rescued from a powerl...
Jun 05, 2022•33 min
This week we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit as it was given to Jesus’ disciples at Pentecost. The disciples are all together in one place and after receiving the Holy Spirit they are empowered to take the message of Jesus to the streets. They leave the safety and comfort of their home and powerfully speak to the truth of who Jesus is and what He has done. This week, like the early disciples, we are empowered and encouraged through the good news that we also have been rescued from a powerl...
Jun 05, 2022•25 min
Jun 01, 2022•12 min
Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 15 that the last enemy to be destroyed will be death itself. In the resurrection of Jesus, we know that death has most certainly been defeated; and yet, until the day Jesus returns, we will live in the shadow of that enemy. This week we will be encouraged and empowered to not live our lives in the shadow of death but in the shadow of the cross and empty tomb. Jesus came to give us life in abundance and through His death and resurrection He has rescued us from death...
May 29, 2022•28 min
Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 15 that the last enemy to be destroyed will be death itself. In the resurrection of Jesus, we know that death has most certainly been defeated; and yet, until the day Jesus returns, we will live in the shadow of that enemy. This week we will be encouraged and empowered to not live our lives in the shadow of death but in the shadow of the cross and empty tomb. Jesus came to give us life in abundance and through His death and resurrection He has rescued us from death...
May 29, 2022•31 min
May 25, 2022•13 min
What an amazing gift the Word of God is in our lives. A collection of writings that have been written, preserved and given to us by the Spirit of God Himself. While we know the power and importance of scripture, we also live in a hyper-distracted world with countless forms of entertainment at the tip of our fingers constantly. There is a war that has been waged for our attention, our focus and ultimately our lives. May we be empowered and encouraged this week to see that we have been rescued fro...
May 22, 2022•31 min
What an amazing gift the Word of God is in our lives. A collection of writings that have been written, preserved and given to us by the Spirit of God Himself. While we know the power and importance of scripture, we also live in a hyper-distracted world with countless forms of entertainment at the tip of our fingers constantly. There is a war that has been waged for our attention, our focus and ultimately our lives. May we be empowered and encouraged this week to see that we have been rescued fro...
May 22, 2022•25 min
May 18, 2022•12 min
As a society we take great pride in our personal rites, our individual dreams, and our ability to accomplish things on our own. This week we will be reminded that we have indeed been rescued from a life that is predominately concerned with ME into a life that is now concerned for the WE. The WE is the body of Christ on earth that we have been baptized into through the grace and love of Jesus. We have been rescued from a self-serving existence to a life of serving others and looking out for the n...
May 15, 2022•35 min
As a society we take great pride in our personal rites, our individual dreams, and our ability to accomplish things on our own. This week we will be reminded that we have indeed been rescued from a life that is predominately concerned with ME into a life that is now concerned for the WE. The WE is the body of Christ on earth that we have been baptized into through the grace and love of Jesus. We have been rescued from a self-serving existence to a life of serving others and looking out for the n...
May 15, 2022•27 min
May 11, 2022•12 min
As followers of Jesus we have been empowered for a bold, brave and courageous life of faith as we take the love that has been given to us and give that love away to others. While we know this is true than why are we so often plagued by feelings of doubt, timid spirits and lack of confidence in the goodness and power of our God? This week we will be empowered and encouraged to a life of daring faith as we see that we have been rescued from our doubts and have been empowered to a life of confidenc...
May 08, 2022•30 min
As followers of Jesus we have been empowered for a bold, brave and courageous life of faith as we take the love that has been given to us and give that love away to others. While we know this is true than why are we so often plagued by feelings of doubt, timid spirits and lack of confidence in the goodness and power of our God? This week we will be empowered and encouraged to a life of daring faith as we see that we have been rescued from our doubts and have been empowered to a life of confidenc...
May 08, 2022•23 min
May 04, 2022•10 min
This week we look at the reality of the evil & power of satan but also the good & sovereign power of our God in this world. Evil is best understood as a lack, or a perversion of good, and good is best seen when we know who God is. Only when we look at how good God is can, we form any idea of the devil’s badness. What an amazing thing Jesus did for us all to rescue us from the domain of satan & evil and transfer us into His Kingdom of light & grace. May we be empowered and encoura...
May 01, 2022•27 min
This week we look at the reality of the evil & power of satan but also the good & sovereign power of our God in this world. Evil is best understood as a lack, or a perversion of good, and good is best seen when we know who God is. Only when we look at how good God is can, we form any idea of the devil’s badness. What an amazing thing Jesus did for us all to rescue us from the domain of satan & evil and transfer us into His Kingdom of light & grace. May we be empowered and encoura...
May 01, 2022•33 min
Apr 27, 2022•13 min
In 2 Timothy 1:7 Paul says “for God gave us a Spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” It is this truth that we are encouraged and empowered by as we remember that if God is for us then who could be against us. There is plenty in this world that could cause us all to have great fear. Things that seem out of our control, out of our abilities, or out of our comfort zones. Jesus said in John 16:33 that we are those who can be of courage because He has overcome the world. We live ...
Apr 24, 2022•24 min
In 2 Timothy 1:7 Paul says “for God gave us a Spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” It is this truth that we are encouraged and empowered by as we remember that if God is for us then who could be against us. There is plenty in this world that could cause us all to have great fear. Things that seem out of our control, out of our abilities, or out of our comfort zones. Jesus said in John 16:33 that we are those who can be of courage because He has overcome the world. We live ...
Apr 24, 2022•27 min
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Apr 17, 2022•33 min
Apr 16, 2022•22 min
Apr 16, 2022•21 min
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