The COVID-19 crisis has created a worldwide unprecedented response to stop the threat and destruction of this deadly virus. The consequences of self-quarantining and social distancing have profoundly impacted our lives and the church’s design. How shall we live in our new normal? What does God’s Word give to us in the midst of panic Read More
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This Is The Day That The Lord Has Made!
TODAY is THE amazing DAY that the LORD has Made! And we have a choice to view each DAY as God’s gift. Psalm 118:1-24 says, “Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever…Let those who fear the LORD now say, His mercy endures forever….I called on the LORD Read More
Do You Love God’s Word?
God has proved His love to us over and over again; God loves us enough to warn us; instructs us; die for us; overcome hell and death for us, and He rose for us! God loves us unconditionally. Why would we not love Him back passionately and unconditionally? Why do we struggle in how to Read More
Never Stop Praying
On May 18, all counties will be in Phase 3. Washington will fully reopen on June 30 if 70% of Washingtonians who are 16 years or older are vaccinated. This is exciting news for us. And for some of us, it is scary news because we have lived under the COVID 19 restrictions for almost Read More
The Call of the Lord for Today
We are living in unmatched times. COVID-19 has been one of the most devastating, dramatic, and overwhelming events thanks to the Internet and global communications. The world as we knew it came to a halt! International borders closed, travel was suspended, schools and businesses closed, soccer leagues, the NFL, MLB, concerts, eating out, vacations, and Read More
Reflecting the Glory of the Lord
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 says, “For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are Read More
Rising Prayer
We need to pray. The altar of incense is a picture of the prayers of God’s people. Our prayers rise up to God as the smoke of the incense rose in the sanctuary. The fact that the incense was always burning means that we should always pray. The altar of incense was holy to the Read More
Spiritual Healing from Spiritual Burnout
“Two farmers desperately needed rain, and both of them prayed for rain. But only one of them went out and prepared his fields to receive it. Which one do you think trusted God to send the rain? The coach replied The one who prepared his fields for it. Then the question was asked, Which one Read More
Receiving Power to Be and Do
Acts 1:8 is one of the significant passages we as the church ought to note. This passage is the last recorded statement of Jesus on earth. The Holy Spirit is a major theme in Acts and is the major point of continuity between the life of Jesus and the church’s ministry. Who is the Holy Read More
The Resurrection is a Fact Not a Myth
Who are you going to put your hope in for eternal life? Jesus Christ said in John 11:25, “I am the Resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.” Consider that every religious leader of history—Confucius, Buddha, Mohammed—are all in the grave. But Jesus Christ isn’t. His tomb Read More