“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.” – Habakkuk 2:2 (ESV) We’re beginning a six-month season of focused prayer and reflection on where God wants our church to be in the next five years. We’ve partnered with
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Humbled to celebrate 38 happy years together!
“Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.” – Ephesians 5:21 (ESV) “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? …But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ Submit yourselves therefore to God.”
Who is Mephibosheth?
“So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. And he was lame in both his feet” (2 Samuel 9:13 NKJV). “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10 NKJV).
Listening speaks louder
“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger” (James 1:19 ESV). “Lend me your ears” (Mark Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar). Perhaps one of the greatest gifts we can give another is the gift of listening. It sounds paradoxical, but listening can actually speak louder than words.
Two ways you can help us prepare for a full house this Easter
“And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled” (Luke 14:23 ESV). “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be
Studying the seven last words
“And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.” – Mark 15:37 (ESV) “It was most fitting that every word of our Lord upon the cross should be gathered up and preserved. As not a bone of him shall be broken, so not a word shall be lost. The Holy Spirit took special care that
The emphasis must be on relationship
“When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home” (John 19:26-27 ESV). There are seven last sayings of Christ recorded in the four gospels. This year, we are
We’ve written a plan for disciple making!
“And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach.” – Mark 3:14 “Amazing as it may seem, all Jesus did to teach these men His way was to draw them close to Himself. He was His own school and curriculum.” –
As you go, make disciples
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” – Jesus, Matthew 28:18-20 ESV “Many people
Life on life discipleship
“Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” – Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 11:1 “Only a disciple can make a disciple.” – A. W. Tozer When I was a freshman in college, a staff member with Campus Crusade for Christ named Tom, challenged me to start meeting with him for discipleship. He said he wanted to work with