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Special guest preacher, Rev. Clive Calver. “His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” The Gospel of John 2:5 [powerpress] Video and full text available on our Messages page.

Paul describes in Romans 5:3-5 the relationship of suffering, endurance, character, and hope with God’s love and the Holy Spirit that’s been given to us. The thought occurred to me as I meditated on these verses that at the heart of it is the encouragement to grow through what you go through. The more I…

What we see in the human race as a whole is what we see in ourselves. Sometimes we act wisely, unselfishly, compassionately, and out of concern for others, other times we may be greedy and selfish and only think of ourselves, other times we may be harsh and unmerciful. [powerpress] Video and full text available…

Ecclesiastes instructs us how to approach God. The emphasis is on The Value of Listening to God rather than speaking too rashly, too quickly, or too much. The danger in speaking too rashly, too quickly, or too much is we’ll look like and be a fool, whether we’re aware of it or not. [powerpress] Video…

We all need friends like Jesus. What a blessing it would be if we could all be friends like Jesus. In his book, Sacred Companions, David Benner, lists five elements in healthy friendships: love, honesty, intimacy, mutuality (offering reciprocal care) and accompaniment (taking an active interest in each other’s journey). Steve Macchia adds a sixth,…

I want to share with you today about The Value of Time. More specifically about the value and importance of recognizing what time it is in our lives; not in a chronological sense of, “It’s 9:00 am.” But in the more important sense of, “What time or season of my life am I in? What…

When I read this prayer over and over this week, what I thought is encouraging for all of us. It does not matter what baggage we are carrying with us. All we need to do is humble ourselves and come to God in prayer. He will be there for us. He will forgive us. [powerpress]…

Think how joyful it would be to live in a community or a nation where God was revered, where we didn’t worship idols of any kind, where God’s name was treated with respect, where everyone took a “snow day” every week to rest, reflect, worship, and enjoy time with important people. Where there was no…

While it’s easy to read right past a verse like Nehemiah 3:14 and to not even notice or take thought of it, I have a great deal of respect for Malchijah. I mean who wants to rebuild the Dung Gate which was the means of taking the city’s waste outside the walls for disposal? At…