True Biblical love is one of the most difficult tasks of a believer. In the Bible, Agape love is unconditional love. It is not based on feeling and it is not uncontrollable, even though culture tends to label it as such. Biblical Agape love is the kind of love Jesus showed for you and me,
As a church we are on Day 2 of our 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting. During this season, we are choosing to get away from our routines and draw close to God. Fasting is not a requirement it is a choice. It helps get your sensitivity back to the things of God, it refocuses
We all walk through stormy seasons, a season of life where life has become challenging. The Bible is filled with amazing truths, on what to do when you are facing adverse circumstances. It is so important to not get bitter, but get better…to not create a victims mentality, but a victors mentality…and to not just
As we approach our one year anniversary of New Heights, my wife and I are overwhelmed by God’s goodness. It has been an amazing year. When we go into this second lap, I am praying that our love will get louder not softer. The love of God is what people need. There is a buzz
In a culture that brags about how connected we are, because of facebook and twitter; why does it feel like so many people are disconnected? I recently read an article, “Is facebook making us lonely?” in this article it stated how 20% America feels they are lonely, and 25% of America does not feel they
We all have a bag in our life that we have a difficult time getting rid of, whether it be a label, past hurt, bad behavior, attitude, or sin. There is that one item that has become so challenging to shake off our life. We all have one, and it is frustrating. The apostle Paul
I wanted to take a moment and reflect on last Sundays sermon. All of us have been relationally wounded in some way, whether through criticism, rejection, disappointment, ridicule, or abuse. The enemy loves to paralyze us in thinking will never move forward in life, it will always hurt this bad. There have been so many
As a church we are on a series called baggage. We are learning to let some things in our lives go that are holding us back from God’s best. Issues creep up in our lives, and some times we do not even notice it. We have to learn to acknowledge them, let them go, and
Prayer has been one of those intimidating subjects throughout my years of being a Christian. It seems like we deal with guilty feelings no matter the quantity or quality time we spend in prayer. Prayer was never meant to be a guilt producer, but and anxiety reliever. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17close1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray
2 Cor 3:18close2 Corinthians 3:18 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. (ESV) close2 Corinthians 3:18close2 Corinthians 3:18 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the
