Our world has become more focused on SELF and less focused on the greater good where Christ directed our focus. Luke 14:11 reminds us that the quality and virtue of humility is to be treasured and not belittled. “All who make themselves great will be made humble, but those who make themselves humble will be…
“I Knew You” is a reminder that in our “Me First” world, God reminds us it is He who helps us reach our potential. The scripture passage, Jeremiah 1:4-10, illustrates how God took a reluctant Jeremiah and “called” him to become the greatest prophet in Israel’s history.
Rev. Lois Hedden shares this story of the people of Israel, so simple and yet complex. It is the basis for a parable of Jesus; a simple story but complex. This is also the story for our lives; very simple and yet complex. May we take the complex and make it simple. Love and worship…
Rev. Gary Kennedy helped us to identify what is really important to God. He used actual humorous headstone epitaphs to illustrate what was really important in life. Make a choice to be part of a world-changing, hate-breaking, sin-binding, love-finding ministry of the church. Don’t be like the epitaph that reads “Dead at 30. Buried at…
Do you ever think of God being lonely? Parents sometimes feel lonely when their children reject them; but they still love their children. Do you think God feels that same loneliness when we choose to ignore Him? And yet He loves us. The book of Hosea shows us how God’s love is continually calling out…
When we pray the expectation is that God will hear. When Jesus taught us how to pray he gave further instructions. The attitude of prayer is not just that God will hear. God wants us to be persistent in asking, in searching, in knocking. He also wants us to believe/expect that he will answer. God…
Rev. Lois Hedden reminds us people get worried or concerned about all kinds of things. There is really only one thing we need to be concerned about . . . our relationship with God through Jesus and empowered by the Holy Spirit.
Rev. Gary Kennedy shares what makes a great country. Abraham Lincoln said “The strength of a nation is in the homes of a nation,” because in a family we work together toward a common goal. Jesus came to earth with a message of repentance and salvation followed by a commission to go out as lambs…
As we think about God being heard in a still small voice, we reflect on God sending the Holy Spirit so we can have a constant connection with God. God is Great and Powerful, but we have been instructed to address him as ABBA which means Daddy. ABBA is loving and patient. Do our lives…
When tragedies like mass shootings cause us to doubt, we need to be reminded of the foundations of our faith and KNOW that our hope is in Christ Jesus. His prayer for the Church in John 17 includes you and me. Rev. Ruth Blum