In our new series, UnConditional, we are looking at the love of God. It is eternal, unconditional, and available to us. And God expresses that love toward us in different ways through the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son & God the Holy Spirit. Come on the journey with us as we experience the love of God!

God is doing something. The Holy Spirit is active in the earth, always. And sometimes we see or hear about something special. What do we call it? Revival, renewal, an outpouring an awakening? The name is less important than the One who is behind it. It's always about Jesus and his love for humanity!

Part of being a Living Sacrifice is learning to do well with what God has given us. If being a Living Sacrifice is giving up our way to follow the way of Jesus, then we need to learn how to use the things He gives us in this life, whether that is our time, talents or finances!

Jesus IS the word of God. And He is still speaking! God speaks through scripture, but to think He will only speak through scripture leaves us missing a lot of what He wants to say to us.

The Bible says of itself that it is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword. This means we need to learn to handle it properly. Understanding how to read the bible is so important in our journey of following Jesus!

What leads to Christian maturity? Do we need to think about that? Is being a Christian simply confessing Christ as our Savior? As we continue our series on Being a Living Sacrifice we begin to look at what it means to become mature, skilled, trained in the way of following Christ.

In our new series we are looking at what it means to be a Living Sacrifice. But it might not be what you think! What does God think about sacrifices? And what does it mean when God says he desires Obedience more than sacrifice? And why would Paul then write we are to be a Living Sacrifice? Let's jump in and learn together!

Happy New Year! As we begin this new year we are asking God for vision with clarity, that we can pursue in community with joy, making intentional and thought out decisions to follow after God and His purposes for our lives!

In the fourth week of Advent we are looking at Love. It is all about love. It started that way, it is that way, and it will all end that way. And here's the thing. Love never ends. For all eternity God is love, Jesus is the expressed heart of love and we are surrounded and filled with love by the power of the Holy Spirit.

We want to be happy. We want to feel joy. But we aren't always happy. Life isn't always easy. So what happens when things aren't going our way? Can we maintain our joy? We can if we recognize it's more than a feeling!

Jesus is the Prince of Peace. He is full of peace himself and the bringer of peace. Where He goes, peace follows. Where He is invited, peace follows. If you are lacking peace, the solution is to invite the Prince of Peace into your life, to give up your own way and follow His way. The closer you follow Him, the more peace you will encounter!

In our new series, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! we are joining the world wide church in celebrating Advent. The first week of Advent we focus on Hope. Hope is absolutely essential to our fulfilling the promises God has for us.

As we continue to look at what it means to Give Thanks, we are taking a look at how our gratitude and thanksgiving toward God, and people, can keep us on the right track. Thanksgiving leads us to God, prayer, relationship and so much more!

In this first of two weeks on Thanksgiving we are looking at the difference between responsive thanksgiving and preemptive thanksgiving. Jesus used both. One is to thank God for what He has done, and the other to remind us that He can do it again!

Jesus said that we are blessed when we choose to do what is right, and then said when we get persecuted for doing what is right, we are blessed then too! So, are we persecuted? What does it mean? How do we respond?

As we continue through this series, looking at Matthew 5:3-12, we're at vs 9, Blessed are the peacemakers!... What does it mean to make peace? To be a bringer, or carrier of the peace of God?

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy! What did Jesus mean? And did he want us to show the same kind of mercy he showed people? Scripture tells us that the mercy and compassion of Jesus moved him to do wonderful things.

Today we look at the word Righteousness. What does Jesus mean when he says, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness."? His promise is that the blessing is we will be satisfied and fulfilled.

Beginning to jump around a bit in our series looking at Matthew 5:3-12, the "Beatitudes", we are going to look at 5:5 and 5:8 today, and ask the question, "Where is your heart at?" Jesus cares about the heart because out of the heart flow action. Our hearts determine our lives. Where we set our affections, where we place our devotion, will dictate the decisions we make in life.

As we continue our journey through Matthew 5:3-12 we look at what it means to truly feel. Jesus said that we are blessed when we mourn because in our mourning we can experience His comfort. But that requires two things of us. First, to feel, to grieve, to mourn. And second, to turn to Him for comfort.