Jesus calls us to have a gritty faith. Do we press forward in faithfulness when challenges come or do we instead cower out of fear? Do we trust in the mission of proclaiming the Gospel or do we add our own “Gospel additions”?
As we celebrate the blessings of freedom with the festivities of Independence Day, what is our greatest blessing?
What does waiting for Jesus’s return look like? Are we just trying to “make it through” until the end? This week we turn to Matthew 25:14-30, looking at the “Parable of the Talents” and what it says to us about what God calls us to do with our lives right now.
Pastor Steve thinks about the sort of tailoring that happens in life — the kind we try to do to fix things and the kind that God provides that really does.
What does real courage in the Lord look like? Melanie Haynes takes us to the Book of Joshua to better understand that question.
In the early church there was an overwhelming culture of sacrifice. There was an assumption that the needy should be cared for, and it was our job to do so. It wasn’t the role of politicians or city policies. And they believed that what the Church could do together was more powerful than any one individual, could do. Ananias and Sapphire are an example of loving self above loving God and loving their neighbor. It’s easy to make a commitment to sacrifice, until you start to feel the sacrifice. Then we want to crawl off the altar, but still get the praise.
The Bible calls us to pray on all occasions and to constantly pray for God’s people (Ephesians 6:18). FaithTree Online Prayer Walks have each gathered more than 600 believers from around the world to pray before our faithful God. As we reach the mid-point of 2021, let’s join together to pray in Jesus’s name once again at our fourth Online Prayer Walk on July 15! We are excited to see what God will do through this time!
What is the true value of wisdom? And where should we find it? Pastor Brad looks at the call in Proverbs to follow Wisdom over the other things that beckon at us.
What kind of service prepares us for Jesus’s return? Pastor Tim continues our series in Matthew 24-25, looking this week at how we are “good” in God’s eyes.
Where do we go for comfort? How do we turn our hearts from getting comfort in earthly things and instead look to Heavenly Treasure?