Rounding out our spotlight on our recent Equip Her classes, Elisa Lackey shares with us her thoughts from this past semester in Selah where she studied The Book of Ruth and “Seeing God in Your Story.” For 12 weeks, Selah read through and meticulously analyzed The Book of Ruth. For those who grew up in the church, Ruth is …
Deliver Us
One final request hangs ominously in the last verse of Matthew’s record of the Lord’s Prayer, “deliver us from the evil one.” For if we need deliverance, that means we have been caught by an enemy. Yes, we have an enemy - the devil. He is the Father of Lies, a disrupter of peace, a twister …
Experiencing God through Community
A little over a month ago, a long-time member of our Tuesday morning community shared these thoughts with us about how our bible study ministry has helped her grow in Christ. Please take a moment to read these words from my dear friend, Laurie Hovendick. When I was growing up, I remember one of my favorite …
Let’s Get Fit
Have you set your spiritual fitness goals for 2013? Yes, you read that right. Spiritual fitness. I’m sure a good majority of you have set some physical fitness goals—in fact, you may be well into your first week of putting them into practice. But what about your spiritual fitness? I have a prayer I pray …
From Frustration to Freedom
This week, we were blessed to hear this God-story from Doreen Poehling: Growing up, I was told about Jesus every Sunday. I heard over and over that Jesus died for me. I even professed my belief in Him every week in a creed. I loved saying that I believed in God. I went through all …
