What is the Treasure in You
God has placed a treasure in us. It IS everything that makes us special and unique. BUT in reality it’s not about us. The true treasure is God’s light in us. The Spirit of God’s Son in us. The presence of Christ in us, giving us life...even in death. It’s not about us. It’s about the treasure of God’s presence. And where does God choose to house his presence? In us! God makes his home in us. What a wonderful treasure!WatchNotesDownloadDateTitle
- Jun 3, 2018What is the Treasure in You
What is the Treasure in YouGod has placed a treasure in us. It IS everything that makes us special and unique. BUT in reality it’s not about us. The true treasure is God’s light in us. The Spirit of God’s Son in us. The presence of Christ in us, giving us life...even in death. It’s not about us. It’s about the treasure of God’s presence. And where does God choose to house his presence? In us! God makes his home in us. What a wonderful treasure!
- May 27, 2018Are You Led by the Spirit
Are You Led by the Spirit
Life in the Spirit is the life of the Christian. This means being filled with the presence of God and experiencing what is means to be made new. Being led by the Spirit is to experience our life through the Spirit. With God meeting all of our needs. - May 20, 2018What is Hope For
What is Hope For
We were created to have hope. Hope in our God. Hope in the purposes we have been called to. Hope in the glory that God will reveal to us. When we feel weak...when we don’t know how to pray...let us lean on the Holy Spirit. Let us hold onto hope because we are promised that God’s hope will not disappoint. - May 13, 2018Are We There Yet
Are We There Yet
We often look to the future for the fulfillment of what we feel is lacking in the present. Jesus tells us the Kingdom of God will bring all of God’s purposes to fruition. But the Kingdom is here now too. Let us open our hearts and minds, our eyes and ears, all that we are to the presence of God in our lives right now. Then we can rightly discern where the Spirit is leading and where the Spirit is reminding us...God’s grace is sufficient. - May 6, 2018Who Don’t You Love
Who Don’t You Love
We are alive and stay alive because of God’s love for us. It flows through us and gives us life and a reason to live. Let us live in this love God has for us. And let us open ourselves to be a channel for it. - Apr 29, 2018Love is Perfected
Love is Perfected
God is love. God gives us love. And God instructs us to share in that love. Let us open ourselves to God’s Spirit, to be guided into love and make that love complete. So love can be perfected. - Apr 22, 2018My Shepherd
My Shepherd
God is our Shepherd, guiding us through this life. And though this life is given to us, this does not mean that God leaves us to go through it on our own. God is with us. Providing for us. Sustaining us. Restoring us. Leading us. Let us listen to the voice of the Shepherd, and follow. - Apr 15, 2018Witness to it All
Witness to it All
God calls us to be witnesses to the “good news” of the risen King and his Kingdom. We are introduced to Christ and then grow in our understanding of the all-encompassing reality of being a Christ follower. We grow from fear and doubt to experiencing new life every moment of every day to being witnesses. Let us open ourselves to grow in our relationship with Christ. To be so overtaken by his love and life that we can help but sharing it with others. - Apr 8, 2018Forgive or Else
Forgive or Else
As followers of Christ we are given two powerful things: the Holy Spirit and forgiveness. God desires that we experience his presence every moment of our lives, and so God fills us with it. God also desires that we accept and embrace the lives he has given to us. And God knows that to do this we will need forgiveness. Let us pray that with the Holy Spirit in us and with the power to forgive, we may move deeply into God’s will for our lives and into God’s will for all of His Creation. - Apr 1, 2018Holding Firmly to the Good News
Holding Firmly to the Good News
We can hold firmly to the Good News, whether we face the challenges of tomorrow, yesterday, or this moment. Proverbs tells us to "be still and know that I am God." What a wonderful phrase to remind us of the good news that no matter what, God is with us NOW. May the assurance of Easter and the new life that it promises be a reality for us today. - Mar 25, 2018The Christ Mind
The Christ Mind
We can have the mind of Christ. A mind that listens to the Spirit of God and obeys. Let us listen to God’s Spirit this Holy Week. And as we relive the story of Christ and the Cross, let us also empty ourselves that we may be filled with new life in Him. - Mar 11, 2018Impatient on the Way
Impatient on the Way
- Mar 4, 2018Out of Egypt
Out of Egypt
God has created this life for us. And even though we know that sinfulness and separation from God is a reality in this world, God reaches out to us with grace. God gives us opportunities, through relationship with him, to live an abundant life in the light, though we be surrounded by darkness. During this Lenten season, let us be aware of the darkness on the outside and on the inside. Let us lean upon God’s grace. Let us follow God’s instructions for this life. And let us give thanks to God for our salvation. - Feb 25, 2018Father Abraham
Father Abraham
God wants to establish a covenant with us...a covenant of the heart. God’s covenant with us begins with God’s grace. God’s ultimate expression of love...giving everything including himself in sacrifice of that love. God asks us to join in covenant so that we too may experience and express God’s love. Let us be grateful for our new names and our new lives in covenant with our God. - Feb 18, 2018The Sign of our Covenant
The Sign of our Covenant
God wants a better world for us. When we fail to help God accomplish this, the Bible tells us that God is “grieved.” But we also find in the Bible that God’s preference to facing the challenges of life is to establish relationship with us. Our relationship with God is the solution, our purpose, that for which we have been created. The reason for all of creation. Let us give ourselves fully to our Covenant with God and to love, the sign of our covenant.