We were literally made to serve, and nothing fulfills us more than when we serve others. Jesus invites you into a life that is bigger than yourselves, focused on others, and filled with purpose.
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More than anything else, we need forgiveness. We need to receive it, and we need to give it. Yet it often eludes us, slipping out of our grasp. Following Jesus begins and ends with His forgiveness, freely given and received and then shared widely to all.
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Before we do anything for Him, Jesus simply asks us to be with Him. Our doing flows out of our being, not the other way around. While it can feel frustrating and unproductive to focus on being with Jesus, it is where we all have to start!
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Following Jesus - that is, listening to His Words and putting them into practice - is what our life as Christians is truly all about. And yet many of us find it nearly impossible to do! With God’s help and the encouragement of one another, we can do it!
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We, like the people of Laodicea, are truly wealthy and that wealth can cause us to lose a focus on Jesus. We, like the Laodiceans fall far short of God’s expectations, but in grace Jesus asks us to invite Him so that He can eat with us and experience the same ‘Wow!’ experience the Emmaus disciples felt when He ate with them. In the meal of Holy Communion, we are empowered to follow Jesus in lives that give Him glory.
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The Bible is more than a book: it is God’s love letter to humanity. Based both on what it says and does, we have more reason to trust it than any other book in history.
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Because of what He claims about Himself, Jesus is either truly God or a total fraud. There is no logical middle ground. To prove His true identity, Jesus demonstrated His deity through everything He said and did - and most clearly through His resurrection.
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God provided a way for everyone to have peace. This is profoundly inclusive—not exclusive. Following Jesus is different from every other faith on earth in that He sacrificed to get to us, rather than us sacrificing to get to Him. Most religions boil down to humanity trying to reach God, but Christianity is God reaching humanity.
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Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering?
Because God is greater than we are, we cannot fully understand or explain all of the problems we encounter. However, we can be certain of God’s perfect power, His perfect timing, His perfect purpose, and His perfect love.
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Is there a God? Evidence of God comes from creation, morality, intelligence, and love. Once we establish that there must be a God, we are ready to discover who God really is.
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Every person on Earth was created to know and love God personally. Life is meaningless without God, but God gives everything meaning.
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As we near the new year, we look at changes that have come our way in the past, some of which have been painful, God’s promise of His continued presence and a future with God forever.
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Advent Cantata
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Can you even begin to imagine what it would be like to give birth to the Son of God, the Savior of the World? Every parent longs to see their child grow up to be strong and healthy, but for Mary it was much more than that! Yet, did she, too, wonder, “What Child is This?”
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Some time after Jesus was born, Magi from the East came to worship Him, guided by a star and bearing priceless gifts, fit for a king. The gifts we give each Christmas remind us of these men, but even more, the greatest gift of all—Jesus.
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After their encounter with the angels, the shepherds must have been asking one another “What Child is This?” as they went to Bethlehem to find the newborn baby Jesus. Still to this day that very same question stirs the hearts and minds of those who celebrate His birth.
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Each of us has a Stewardship Story to tell, based on what God has given to us and how we have used it. If you are not thrilled with your story, you still have time to change it…and to make sure that “The End” is awesome!
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