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Rooted in the Spirit, Part One

April 9, 2019

Jesus knew we would need help to live the Christian life.  That’s why He gave us “another advocate” in the Holy Spirit. And now with His Spirit in you, you have someone to stand up for you. “The Holy Spirit is your encouraging advocate.” With His Spirit in you, you have someone to be with you.  “The Holy Spirit is your intimate companion.” With His Spirit in you, you have someone to make Jesus known to you. “The Holy Spirit is your indwelling teacher.”

Rooted in Christ, Part Three

April 3, 2019

Jesus paid it all.  We’ve been set free.  It’s of no value to live in the past and keep trying to keep proving yourself to God.  You no longer have to do this.  So stop doing it! That’s the first thing we must do to appropriate the power of our new life in Christ.  Because as long as we are trying to measure up, Christ is of no value to us.

Rooted In Christ, Part Two

March 26, 2019

You are now free from the fear of judgment.  You are now free from having to live up to a perfect standard gain God’s approval.  And you are now free from guilt.  For now whenever you do sin, you have an advocate before the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous one, who paid for your sin and declares you righteous.  That’s God’s grace to you in Christ Jesus, and its what makes your relationship with God absolutely secure!

Rooted In Christ, Part One

March 19, 2019

God’s Word tells us that your union with Christ connects you to a history far longer than you could ever trace in a family tree.  It stretches from eternity past to eternity future and puts everything in between into fresh perspective.  It tells you that God’s love for you stretches back before creation.  It tells you that God has always had a plan for your life.  Your life has purpose and meaning.  It tells you that God has always wanted you to be with Him.  And it tells you that God has always intended to make some thing beautiful of your life.

Rooted In Salvation, Part Two

March 12, 2019

At some point anyone who takes a good hard look at who Jesus is must draw a conclusion about Jesus.  After all, if Jesus is just a teacher, then how can he forgive sins?  And if he’s just a good moral example, how can he raise the dead?  And if he’s simply a prophet, then how can he feed the multitudes with just two fish and five loaves? 

Rooted in Salvation, Part One

March 5, 2019

All three of these: the world, the flesh and the devil are actively at work in our culture today and are bent on keeping us enslaved to sin and from living the life God intended for us to live. And so trapped in this matrix, living under the delusion that this world is all there is, we search for life with no moral compass in a culture that keeps pushing God out. But at the end of the day, we are left with the question: Is this all there is to life?  Something, no someone is missing: The true source of life and meaning – God Himself.  This is why God sent Jesus.  Only Jesus can satisfy your soul.  Only Jesus can save you from a life devoid of meaning.

Love Does: Becoming Love

Love Does: Becoming Love

February 26, 2019

What Paul is praying for here is transformation.  That we would be changed by the love of Christ ourselves. That the more we experience Christ’s love in our own lives, the more we will be filled with the love of Christ.  And when we are filled with the love of Christ, we become love.  That’s the goal: that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.  For God is love!

Love Does: Love Always Wins

Love Does: Love Always Wins

February 12, 2019

A husband may give up on you, friends might abandon you, life may cave in on you, BUT GOD WILL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU. This is why there is so much hope in the love of God:  There is never a moment when you or I are not the object of God’s love! His love goes the distance. He will always be there for you.

The Only Thing That Counts

The Only Thing That Counts

February 7, 2019

There is no greater joy than to help someone become a follower of Jesus Christ – to see their eyes opened by the truth, to see the weight of sin removed, to see the joy of God’s peace enter their hearts. I got to experience that joy this week. I had the privilege of sharing the good news of Jesus with someone this week who is no longer lost. He’s been found by Jesus and included in His family.