"All believers are Jesus’ ambassadors, called to represent His character and His message, the Gospel (2 Corinthians 5:20). We share His message of grace by the gift of His grace and His power at work in us."

My pastor is teaching a class to help some of us as we work on our Biblical counseling exam. The exam is made up of forty-four essay...

Sunday was Father’s Day, the first holiday without my Dad. I knew church was where I needed to be, but it was difficult to be there. I...

Grief is Biblical. Sin has tainted every aspect of the world we live in. It is right to grieve what is not how God designed it to be. Yet, we can also rejoice because God is our salvation and strength. He is good and does good. We rejoice because something infinitely better is coming, and all the present suffering will seem like a light momentary affliction compared to the eternal weight of glory.

Last weekend at our women’s retreat, we spent time in four sections (strophes) of Psalm 119. This chapter in Psalms highlights the beauty...

We have hilltop experiences where it is easy to see God’s glory, His blessings, His new morning mercies. In the valleys, we often struggle to see those same truths. Not only do we struggle to see those “God is…” truths, but we have selective memories. Our tendency is to remember or see only the valleys, the suffering, the grief.

In light of God's mercies, how many ways of practically living can you find?

"We are one body, all with value, all needed by the other parts of the body, using our gifts to serve each other. Together being a Gospel light in the darkness."

"We have been entrusted with the message of the Gospel. We are ambassadors for Christ. Will you be a faithful steward of the Gospel you have received, believed, and been entrusted with to share?"

We are prone to view trials and suffering as circumstances that have gone wrong. We grumble and complain. We get angry. We question God’s wi

"The true, living, omnipotent, sovereign, creator God chooses to make His dwelling place in the church He is building."

We are not the same as we once were, so we should not live the way we once lived especially in the way we treat those who are also fellow ci

Through Christ, we can draw near to the very throne of grace with confidence. We have intimate fellowship with our Abba Father. He will neve

What a beautiful picture of grace – hostility to friendship. Jesus’ atoning death killed the hostility. This reflects the change between us

Oneness isn’t about trying to coexist with each other. It is being intimately united to one another in Christ just as the Father and Son are

You were far off from God, hopeless and helpless on your own to come near to God. Now, in Christ, you have been brought near by His blood, a

Our Shepherd has richly provided everything for us so we can rest as we trust Him. Resting in itself is also God’s good provision for us.

The only one who is perfectly able to keep every promise He makes is God because He is faithful, omnipotent, sovereign, and He cannot lie.

4) Believers are also set apart for God, to be distinct from the world around them. Are there areas where you have blended in instead of bei

Before we work verse by verse through the second half of Ephesians 2, I thought it would be good to consider an overview of the entire...