Helping the Whole World Find and Follow Jesus
Warning: Transformation Ahead in 2016. Introduction: It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or so the old Christmas song goes. Yet it doesn’t always feel that way—the hectic holiday schedule, financial concerns, family pressures, and emotional wounds are just a few reasons. But the Christmas season offers a unique opportunity to look backward at…
Peace On Earth – Letting Go of Unforgiveness Introduction: What is forgiveness? A definition for forgiveness could be — giving up my right to hurt you, for hurting me. It is impossible to live for any length of time without getting hurt, offended, misunderstood, lied to, and rejected. Learning how to respond is one of…
Peace On Earth – Getting Past Your Past Introduction: Life is tough enough and filled with enough problems without dragging past ones into it. So, we have to let go of past problems if we are to find peace. No matter how much you dwell on, or stress or grieve about the past, you cannot change it.…
Peace On Earth Introduction: The message of Christmas is a message of peace, not political peace or social peace, but spiritual peace–peace with God. The Christmas birth set in motion the sacrificial life of Jesus that would culminate in His death on the cross. As Isaiah 53:5 says, “… the punishment that brought us peace…
We Believe Introduction: What is a belief? The dictionary defines it as: 1: a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing; 2: conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence.…