Our first and greatest prayer is that the church remain spiritually close to the Lord, grounded in the Word of God, filled with the Holy Spirit, and committed to the values of God’s Kingdom. Ministry, programs, and service must never displace communion with Christ or wholesome biblical teaching.
One of the most important things for our church in terms of, if we are asked what should we pray for our church, is our level of spiritual closeness to the Lord and to the word of God. My deep desire before the Lord is t that is biblical, that is wholesome as the word defines wholesome teaching and wholesome doctrine, that our church be kept with its priorities correct. The Bible says that if we seek first the Kingdom of God all the othe
Over the next three to five years, our church should grow in five connected areas. First, we need a modern sanctuary with classrooms and offices, built over the present parking lot and joined to our other buildings, creating an affordable campus for expanding ministry.
If I were asked what I would like to see in 5 years in terms of progress for our church, if somebody were to leave our church today and come back in 5 years, what would I like to see them encountering, what changes to ob so that we do not lose our parking spaces in the bottom that we can use for daily activities here at the church, and parking for personnel and parishioners. I think that it is so important because now we have pretty much
Our spiritual journey is a dynamic interplay between God’s magnificent grace and our earnest human response. It begins with a desperate plea for divine enlightenment, for our inherent blindness prevents us from truly grasping the "wondrous things" already present in God's Word.
Seeing to Strive: The Believer's Path to Christlikeness Psalms 119:18 • Philippians 3:13-14
Gideon’s victory teaches us how to respond when God’s people feel overwhelmed, outnumbered, intimidated, or culturally marginalized. God often chooses the weak so that victory comes through his power rather than human strength.
In the Book of Judges, chapter 7. This is a word of the Lord evidently for our lives this morning. So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the 300 who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others. Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley, during that night the Lord said to Gi
The speaker is continuing a sermon from New Year's Eve about the vision and framework for their congregation. They focus on the story of Abram returning to a place of consecration and worship after a journey to Egypt.
I want to connect with the sermon that I started on New Year's Eve and I think it's a vision inducing sermon that provides a framework for us. We wanted to talk about some of the things God has for us, some of the things were not able to be here to also be able to participate. So you know, I really wanna take a little more time this morning to continue developing the sermon.
God's unwavering omniscience actively probes our hearts, demanding exclusive, unreserved devotion. He rejects any spiritual duality, whether it manifests as a divided heart or lukewarmness, which renders us functionally useless to His kingdom.
The Undivided Heart: A Call to Wholeness in an Age of Compromise 2 Chronicles 16:9 • Revelation 3:15
We often seek simple promises of comfort, but God's true intentions for our well-being are far more profound, encompassing holistic peace and spiritual vitality beyond mere material gain. Biblical messages reveal a divine, long-term plan that calls us to trust God's sovereignty and actively participate, even in challenging environments.
Embracing God's Deeper Vision of Flourishing Jeremiah 29:11 • 3 John 1:2
This personal and partial vision of revival in New England centers on five qualities. First, the Church must proclaim the whole Gospel with boldness and clarity, accepting that truth will expose deception and provoke controversy.
Presentation given at ' Biblical Worldview Conference ' in Boston April 7,2006: I have been assigned the task of presenting a vision for revival in New England. I will begin with a disclaimer. therefore very partial and relative in its content. I do not pretend to be giving a “Thus saith the Lord,” or to be declaring absolute, incontestable truth.