In our physical bodies, it takes a strong core to be steady, to find balance. The same is true in our spiritual life. When we focus on our center – when we focus on Jesus who IS our Center – our spirits are steadied and our lives are strong. Over the next several weeks we will be reading from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians and remembering together who we are as God's people, who we are at our core. Though physically apart, we worship together united by the Spirit of God alive in each believer.
The Advent season is a time to prepare our hearts and minds for the anniversary of Jesus’ birth on Christmas.
A three-part series on the life of Joseph. This series will remind us of God’s provision and generosity. It will inspire us to join God in his Kingdom work knowing that he has provided all of the resources necessary.
Did Jesus really mean what he said? Does he expect us to really take the baton and run the race in his footsteps? If we are vessels through which God tells God's story of love, grace, reconciliation, and unity, how brightly is the light of Christ shining through our thoughts, our attitudes, our words and our actions?
Over the next several weeks, we will be exploring the Beatitudes from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. What Jesus taught often runs counter to the voices around us, to the story that the world tells us is true. But every lesson is abundant with wisdom and practical instruction; “Be-Attitudes” that Jesus wants to use to shape us, to Flip the Script on our lives and show us what true happiness looks like.
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
When life brings too many unknowns, we wish for the life we had before, for the familiar. We thrive in the ordinary. Day in and day out, God is present – continuously providing, sustaining, and re-creating. This series is not a call to muster up some new and ridiculous faith from your own strength. It's a reminder to maintain confidence in the extraordinary God found in the blessings of ordinary living. "Surely the LORD is in this place--and I did not know it!” - Genesis 28:16
God’s word, through the mouthpiece of the Prophet Micah states, “What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”