Controlling Love (part 2) “For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 4/15/25
“Controlling Love” What is it that is controlling your life? What controls the decisions you make? Where you go? What you do? How you use your time, resources, money? Where you live? Where you work? How you work? How you parent? How you do marriage or singleness? What controls the way you treat other people?… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 4/8/25
Joshua 5: “Are you asking the right question?” Obedience can be risky. In Joshua chapter five we find the Israelites are now in the Promised Land and the city of Jericho is right in front of them. God has supernaturally dried up the Jordan River so they could pass over on dry ground. We read… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 3/25/25
“Lessons from the Parable of the Good Samaritan” “Have you ever avoided someone intentionally? I think we avoid people a lot of times. Sometimes we're in a hurry. Sometimes it may be the way they look. Sometimes it may be the way that they don't agree with us. Their beliefs aren't the same. But what… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 2/24/25
“We do not lose heart.” Paul claims in these verses to have found the remedy for an experience that virtually everyone in the world wants to have. I’m referring to verse 16: “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” And I… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 2/10/25
Abounding in Hope What is the engine of your life? What is it that influences the actions and reactions, decisions, and emotions of your life? What is it that determines how you live right here, right now? I believe it is hope. The way we often use the word hope means wishful thinking for the… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 12/17/24
No Longer a slave to the fear of death. Thanatophobia (fear of death) “And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.” Hebrews 9:27 ESV Is there any hope to be delivered from the fear of death? Hebrews 2:14-18 Christ came to deliver you from the fear of… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 11/29/24
Weekly Reflection – “The Key that Opens the Door” 2 Chronicles 16:7-10 “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him…” (2 Chronicles 16:9 ESV) This gives us a picture of God’s intense attentiveness and eagerness to show… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 11/19/24
Gather – take a few minutes to pray together as a group. Grow - use the following thoughts and questions to guide discussion. Acts 2:36-40 Have you experienced the power of God’s Word cut you to the heart? (Briefly share that experience) What is repentance? How have you thought about repentance in the past? Now? … Continue reading Gather. Grow. Go Questions 11.20.24
The Good “R” and the Bad “R” There’s only one thing that can send someone to hell for eternity. You know what it is? Unforgiven sin. Nobody goes to hell because of being harassed by the devil. Nobody goes to hell because of being possessed by the devil. Nobody goes to hell because of being… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 11/11/24
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