Consider moments in your life when you’ve seen God at work, either through a personal experience or something in our church. Think about the values those moments revealed and how they might inspire you going forward. If you aren’t able to join us on December 29th, you can still ...
11 So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus. 12 Do not let sin control the way you live;[a] do not give in to sinful desires. 13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. ...
Consider your own experience. Isn't it hard to admit your sins to others? Isn't it difficult to admit them to yourself? Most of us have found ingenious ways to hide the ugliness of sin from ourselves and others, by rationalizing, excusing, and even forgetting things we've done wrong. ...
I would like you to consider some things that have resulted in ‘paradigm shifts’. The introduction of these things was so profound that they radically changed our thinking and behavior: automobiles, airplanes, television, computers, internet, cell phones, ipods… The list could go on. Many o...
If it’s near the season of Advent before Christmas, considerUnwrapping the Names of Jesusby Asheritah Cuicui orThe Greatest Giftby Ann Voskamp. Similar to what I said above for the Lent studies, Asheritah’s will be more “heady” as it walks you through names of Jesus and what they ...
ways. You’ve been lied to by family, friends, acquaintances, advertisers, and even government officials over the years. All of it was likely based on information that, at the time, was the best information they had. Nevertheless, it made an impression on your soul and your belief systems...
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;so that no human...
Do you dwell among your people, or do you serve with an agenda? If your intention is to build God’s Kingdom, that is purpose enough.Also, consider that God has ways of rewarding his faithful servants. Sometimes, despite themselves. ...
Consider this… You wake up, reach over and kiss your spouse. You then you turn on the television to check the weather and traffic. You go into the kitchen and grab a bite to eat and promptly brush, floss and take a shower so you can get out the door and be on time for work. ...
But the Bible says that being holy may not be what you think it is. Consider this: “Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering. Bear with one another, and forgive one another, if anyone has a complaint against ...