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Getting Ready to Move

Originally posted on October 19, 2005 Counting Down We are in the final days of preparation before we move into our new building. As you can imagine, the intensity level is high. Around the office it is all hands on deck. ...

God With Us: Then, Now, and Forever

Originally posted on October 6, 2005 "We who believe are joined together into God's holy temple. Through Christ we are being made into the dwelling of God by His Spirit." Ephesians 2:21-22 Then We sat in a circle in the home of one...

Faith For Every Situation

Originally posted on September 7, 2005 "Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me." Psalm 131:2 Faith For Every Situation We all face situations that unsettle us....

How You Can Become a Person of Praise

Orginally posted on September 1, 2005 "Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." I Timothy 1:17 Are you having difficulty giving praise to God? When you come to corporate worship do you...

Your Part in the Mission

Originally posted on June 24, 2005 "For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord, begging us with much urging for the favor of participation in the support of the saints, and this, not...

Future Grace: Cultivating the Missionary Spirit of Jesus

Originally posted on May 27, 2005 "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus." Philippians 2:5 Ethos The word "ethos" means the spirit and attitude that characterizes a community of people. Every group has an ethos. Fear, pride,...

Future Grace: The Vision of a Missionary Spirit

Originally posted on May 11, 2005 "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord." Psalm 150:6 The Vision Of A Missionary Spirit What vision the psalmist had! He didn't say, "let everyone I know, or everyone in my family, or everyone in my church,...

Future Grace: A Missionary Spirit

Originally posted on May 4, 2005 Future Grace "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and...

Future Grace: Moving Forward With a Missionary Spirit

Originally posted on April 28, 2005 A year has passed since we began our Future Grace Giving Campaign. The future of Future Grace is now. As I write this letter, I am sitting in my office on our new church property, looking...

The Cry From the Cross: Abandonment

Originally posted on March 25, 2o05 "Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?'" Matthew 27:46 Can anything generate more fear in the human heart than the thought of being abandoned? To be left alone,...