Midweek Encouragement

God has been and continues to teach me so much about what it means to be humble. The funny thing is, the moment I think I’m humble, what is doing the “thinking” is my pride. One thing that God has … Read More

Jesus tells us that His yoke is easy and His burden is light. This is such a huge encouragement to me because I often convince myself that following Jesus is simply too hard. Loving like Him is too hard. Living … Read More

I have been reading the story of David and his son Absalom and it reminds me so much of God and us. Absalom murdered his brother (maybe for good cause, but nonetheless murdered him). He leaves his father’s authority and … Read More

Recently a lot of people have been talking about how stressful and busy work has been lately. I want to encourage you to keep up the good work and to remain faithful to the calling God has upon your life. … Read More

Jesus is Alive!!! And because of that, those who know Him, believe in Him, love Him, and surrender to Him will never die. We may leave this “earthly tent” but we will never suffer eternal death because Jesus conquered it. … Read More

I have been reading in 1 & 2 Samuel and one thing that just appalls me is the way David acts towards Saul–especially in light of how Saul treats David. Saul was constantly pursuing David, lying about him and even … Read More

Jim Elliot, who was a missionary to the Waodoni people of Ecuador, was martyred in 1956 by the very people he was trying to save. Elliot’s most famous quote is this: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot … Read More

This Friday we are going to be talking about the love of Christ. Is there anything greater than our Savior’s love? I love what Paul writes in Romans 8: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, … Read More

Are you currently waiting for something? Maybe an answer from the Lord, maybe direction, maybe guidance. Patience is perhaps the one virtue that almost everybody will confess they could use more of. James writes, “Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the … Read More

This Friday I will show the results from our church evaluation last Friday, but I wanted to share one encouraging thing I found in people’s responses. Many of you said that your favorite part of our church was the people. … Read More