Are you investing in eternity?  We can’t earn our way into heaven.  Only God’s gift of grace through Jesus gains us entrance.  Yet once in, Jesus tells us there is reward for how we invest our time and resources.  Our message series, E*TRADE, explores the biblical strategies for wisely investing in our eternity.   Listen to Sunday’s Message: Sunday’s Message:  “E*TRADE:  Trading Tip #2:  Go With What We’re Given”          Key Points from Sunday’s Message: TRADING TIP #1:  What we do matters!  Investments on Earth influence rewards in Eternity. TRADING TIP #2:  Go with what you’re given!  Investing responsibly multiples opportunity. Avoid Theses Common Investment Mistakes Claiming what isn’t mine Holding what I have Forgetting who I serve BIG IDEA:  Our reward is[…]

  Are you investing in eternity?  We can’t earn our way into heaven.  Only God’s gift of grace through Jesus gains us entrance.  Yet once in, Jesus tells us there is reward for how we invest our time and resources.  Our message series, E*TRADE, explores the biblical strategies for wisely investing in our eternity.     Listen to Sunday’s Message: Sunday’s Message:  “E*TRADE:  Trading Tip #1:  What I Do Still Matters”      Key Points from Sunday’s Message: Our time is limited, evaluated and influences our eternity. TRADING TIP #1:  What we do matters!  Investments on Earth influence rewards in Eternity. Investing In Eternity Checklist: Check my HEART Check my HEADING Check the HARVEST BIG IDEA:  What I do with the time & resources I am[…]

WHY JESUS?   Week 3:  Forgiveness   Calling ourselves Christians doesn’t mean we know the Christ we claim to follow.  Its easy to invent our own version of Christianity when getting to know the real Jesus risks confusion, controversy, and life call.  Join us as we ask the most important question you will ever address:  Why Jesus?  Why is forgiveness so important?   Listen to Sunday’s Message: Sunday’s Message:  “WHY JESUS? Part 3: Forgiveness”      Key Points from Sunday’s Message: I need a Savior who forgives…and requires I do the same. Jesus demonstrated grace & mercy as forgiveness that: – precedes repentance – supersedes vengeance – is undeserved – is unlimited in scope Our capacity to forgive and be forgiven are connected I forgive[…]

WHY JESUS?   Week 2:  The Suffering Servant   Calling ourselves Christians doesn’t mean we know the Christ we claim to follow.  Its easy to invent our own version of Christianity when getting to know the real Jesus risks confusion, controversy, and life call.  Join us as we ask the most important question you will ever address:  Why Jesus?  Who is this man?   Listen to Sunday’s Message: Sunday’s Message:  “WHY JESUS? Part 2: The Suffering Servant” Audio of Baptisms performed on March 11, 2018 & the Closing of Worship   Key Points from Sunday’s Message: We naturally seek to avoid pain. We want a God who eliminates pain. Jesus reveals a God who enters into our pain. Jesus proves glory lies on the other[…]

Addict, Part 3: INVENTORY Am I an addict?  How much of a mess have I made?  Jesus will bring full and complete healing to our lives…but we’ve got some “house-cleaning” to do.  Can we admit and acknowledge our trash…why we are the source of our trash…and that we are ready to quit making more trash? James 4:1-10 (from www.biblegateway.com) 1 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you[…]

  Elisha, Part 3 What do we do when we have nothing left?  Empty and out of hope.  Exhausted and low on faith.  Tapped and out of money and resources.  What is our next step when we don’t know if we have another step in us? I could not get my car to start.  Stranded at night a few miles from home, I didn’t know what to do.  Over and over I turned the key and cranked the engine.  The engine would sputter and chug for a second, as if to tease me, only to stall out and quit.  A quick call to a mechanic friend helped me diagnose the problem.  Though there was plenty of gas in the tank, somehow the fuel failed to[…]

  Elisha, Part 2 Does it work?  We ask this question all the time.  Will this new diet or exercise routine actually work for me?  Will this phone plan work for our family?  Will this computer work for my needs?  Can we say our faith works?  We all want a faith that works, right?  We want our beliefs to be effective, to matter, to lead me to the place I was destined to be.  We want to see God act. As a Jesus follower, real faith is a faith that works!  Ahh, but now we need to read that statement differently.  Saving faith is more than a head knowledge or a heart inclination; real faith acts.  We need a faith that works.  James 2:17 says, “So[…]