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It's almost Christmas Day! Hopefully, this is a week of joyful reflection on what the Lord has done for you. Will you join us in prayer for this Christmas week? Let's echo the words of Scripture in Luke 1... Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, beacuse He has come to his people … Continue reading A Christmas Prayer
One of the most common things that people pray for is patience. We struggle when we have to wait for things. Sometimes we are waiting eagerly. Other times we wait with frustration and grumbling. Waiting is hard. Yet today, on the first Sunday of the 2018 church season of Advent, we have an opportunity to … Continue reading Waiting Well: The Season of Advent
Do you ever feel like time is flying by? Hopefully, that means you’re having fun. But often I find that it means I’m simply busy! Even as the seasons fly past us, there are times of life that are a new start and times when things are winding down. We are in such a season … Continue reading How do we “finish well” as Paul did?
We live as individuals but share in the human experience. This post series asks the core questions of what, why, and how about this shared experience. After all, God came to earth as a human himself, to share that experience with us and bring us salvation through that human experience. So, join us today as … Continue reading How do we stop worrying?
We all worship something. Worship is simply our investment of emotion, time, energy, and value into something or someone. We respond to something in front of us by assigning value in our hearts and living that out. “Worship” is inherently spiritual, but we certainly can worship things apart from God. It may be money, power, … Continue reading The Power of Right Worship
We live as individuals but share in the human experience. This post series asks the core questions of what, why, and how about this shared experience. After all, God came to earth as a human himself, to share that experience with us and bring us salvation through that human experience. So, join us today as … Continue reading How do we handle worry?
We live as individuals but share in the human experience. This post series asks the core questions of what, why, and how about this shared experience. After all, God came to earth as a human himself, to share that experience with us and bring us salvation through that human experience. So, join us today as … Continue reading Why do we worry?
“Why do you complain, O Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, ‘My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God’?” (40:27) Haven’t we all felt like this before? We complain and bemoan the situations that God allows us to experience. We think ourselves forgotten, abandoned, and ignored by God. But … Continue reading Finding strength in God, from Isaiah 40
We live as individuals but share in the human experience. This post series asks the core questions of what, why, and how about this shared experience. After all, God came to earth as a human himself, to share that experience with us and bring us salvation through that human experience. So, join us today as … Continue reading How do we get joy?
Students here in the Florence area returned to school this week (or possibly even last week). Many churches are covering their youth groups in prayer during this season. Will you join us also as we pray for our students and our schools? Holy God, all wisdom and knowledge comes from you. Truth is found in … Continue reading Prayer for the new school year