So many are hurting in the church today. Some are carrying burdens that are not theirs to carry. We are called to come to the cross of Jesus and leave our burdens there. Before I became a follower of Jesus, I was defined by my sin, my addictions, my brokenness, but when I met Jesus,…
John Bunyan once said, “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” Over the last two weeks we have looked at the biblical definition of love and this week we’ll be looking at love in the form of compassion. Jesus told us in 1 John 3:16-17…
CS Lewis said in his book, The Four Loves, “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to be sure of keeping your heart intact you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully…
Augustine once said, “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” LOVE… what does that word mean to you? For thousands of years, humans have been writing books, songs, articles, and producing movies about that one word… LOVE. In this new series we’re going to be looking at LOVE from…
Someone once said, “People do not realize how important decisions are until they make the wrong ones.” The word legacy means to cast a lengthened shadow of one person or one institution. There is no reset button in life. You can’t take anything back, and you can’t undo anything. All of your actions have consequences,…
JC Ryle once said, “Do nothing that you would not like God to see. Say nothing you would not like God to hear. Write nothing you would not like God to read. Go no place where you would not like God to find you. Read no book of which you would not like God to…
J.C. Ryle once said, “True repentance begins with KNOWLEDGE of sin. It goes on to work SORROW for sin. It leads to CONFESSION of sin before God. It shows itself before a person by a thorough BREAKING OFF from sin. It results in producing a DEEP HATRED for all sin.” As we continue in our…
Euripides once said, “Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.” Each new year begins with people longing for a fresh start, hoping for a prosperous future, and setting goals to get the most out of what this life has to offer. New Year’s Eve is a great time to take personal inventory of what’s…
As we continue our series on the Life of King David, we reach that dreadful part of the story where the curse of sin takes center stage. Never underestimate the depth of the depravity of the human nature. In just one chapter, David goes from a man after God’s own heart to an adulterer and…
In this final part of our 2017 Advent Series, we focus on the word rejoice! Because of Jesus, we have reason to rejoice, regardless of how dark the world may seem. We rejoice because our Savior has come! As Christians, we can celebrate and this weary world can finally REJOICE!