Consider Rahab. Tacked onto the story of Moses who walked with God, an immoral infidel appears as one of only 2 women in this list of faithful Hebrews. What does she have to teach us about the better way of redemption? You can find her story in Joshua 2, but here are some highlights: Rahab …
Not Growing Weary
By Bethany Bettenhausen Most of my life I’ve wanted to “do great things for God.” Growing up in a Christian home, I developed a strong love for the Lord. I was never perfect, but I was always forgiven. I wanted to please God. He was so good to me; I wanted to live my life …
Prone to Wander
In worship time this week, we were reminded again--through song and Carey's words--of God's unbelievable grace. Here's what Carey had to say: Come Thou Fount of every blessing,Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise; Teach me some melodious sonnet Sung by flaming tongues above; Praise the mount; I’m fixed …
The Promise of His Presence
The focus of our worship time this past Tuesday was the faithfulness of God. Carey Helmink, our worship leader for the morning, had these thoughts to share. Listen to what God's Word has to say about His faithfulness: Isaiah 25:1 “O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to …
Can We Trust Him?
In this week’s video, Ann admitted that she and God had long had trust issues. Can you relate? If you are having a difficult time trusting God with the hard things in your life, have you ever considered why that is? For the most part, we have trouble trusting someone for one of two reasons: …
God Shows Up
Last Tuesday, Stacey Kuszak, shared these thoughts with us. If some of you are like me, you probably can’t remember what you ate for breakfast this morning or what you wore to church last week. But today I’m going to ask you to think back . . . beyond breakfast . . . beyond last …
Our Faith Confirmed
Our weekly look at spiritual markers in Colossians 2:6-7 has brought us this far: “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith. . . ” You have received salvation through Jesus Christ . . . you can walk …