Archive for the "Overcoming Life Obstacles" Category

15.Jan.2012 Faith & Vision

Our church will begin fasting and praying on February 1st for 21 days. This is an opportunity to go to the next level for real this year, to overcome challenges and bring about lasting change. If you fast AND pray, change WILL happen! We look to the New Testament church for examples [...]

13.Nov.2011 Marriage and Relationships – Part 1

When God created marriage, He intended it to not only be a source of strength and safety for a man and woman, but also to reflect on earth the intimacy that He wants us to have with Him on a daily basis. Knowing this, is it any wonder that marriages are under attack from [...]

06.Nov.2011 The Vine – Part 1

Jesus is speaking to His disciples after they have shared there last Passover together and are walking toward the Mt. of Olives, where unbeknownst to them, Jesus will be taken away to be crucified. It is close to midnight, and as they pass a vineyard, He explains to them the vital importance of staying [...]

18.Sep.2011 The Four Rivers – River of Increase

In Genesis 2, we get our first view of the garden God planted as the dwelling place for man. He called it “Eden,” meaning “paradise” or “place of delight.” Verse 10 tells us that the garden was watered by a river that flowed through and out of the garden, then dividing into four [...]

25.Jun.2011 Biblical Freedom

There has been some confusion over what it means to live as the Christians did in the New Testament—when the Holy Spirit came to earth—and Old Testament—when laws and rules were overruled. The Galatian church began in freedom but, after false teaching was introduced, was going back into bondage to the law.

31.May.2011 What we Say, Our Name, & The Holy Spirt

When we submit to Christ, we have the power and authority to transform our lives and those of others by what we say. What comes out of our mouth is a release of what comes from heaven into our world. “Whatever we bind on earth is bound in heaven, whatever we loose on [...]

17.May.2011 Authority in Christ

Some people interpret the Bible literally. I believe in taking the Word of God and interpreting it in the context of our society. I am a contextualist rather than a literalist. This simply means taking the Bible and making it apply in the context of our lives. The important thing is to live the meaning [...]

27.Mar.2011 Hardwood or Veneer – Part 2

Matthew 6; 7:1-2
Continuing on the idea of veneer—that piecemeal pseudo-wood covered in a shiny thin layer of pristine hardwood—and how it can symbolize the Christian life, we return to the book of Matthew to read another account of Jesus’ challenging false authenticity.

03.Mar.2011 Faith and Expectation

Mark 2:1-12: When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them, four men arrived carrying a paralyzed [...]

02.Jan.2011 I’m Searching For A Word

Begin rebuilding for 2011
John 1:1-5 (NLT): In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light [...]