Daily Devotional | Northstar Church

My Personal Mission Statement

January 8, 2015

“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you…

The Next Big Thing

January 7, 2015

I am about to contradict what I am teaching in our latest series. Our current series is about the small changes that can make a big difference in our lives. In this devotional, however, I am getting off the reservation…

Small Things Cumulative Effect

January 6, 2015

If you don’t think that small things can and do make a difference, consider that one of the most powerful forces is the splitting of the smallest thing. In the splitting of the atom, a succession of explosions can be…

Little Things Add Up

January 5, 2015

“To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe There is a story on…

Going All In

January 2, 2015

The fifth card in the hand you have been dealt is the most important. This fifth card is choices. Everything in life is a choice. Every second of every day we are choosing one thing or another. The choices card…

What Are You Thinking?

January 1, 2015

“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.” – Mahatma Gandhi Do you remember the Beatles song Eleanor Rigby? There are several lines that go like this: “Father McKenzie writing the words of a…

"Read Em And Weep"

December 31, 2014

“Faith is the art of holding on to things in spite of your changing moods and circumstances.” – C.S. Lewis Curly from the Three Stooges used to regularly say, “I’m a victim of circumstance.” That line sums up the thoughts…

Making A Connection

December 30, 2014

“I love those connections that make this big old world feel like a little village.” – Gina Bellman The second card is connections. Connections means we are all products of the relationships in our lives. Each of us has a…

”I’ll play these…”

December 29, 2014

“We are all dealt a hand and we have to decide how to play it.” – Voltaire“ “It’s not about the cards you’re dealt, but how you play the hand.” This was a Quote by a man named Randy Pausch.…

Zero Days Till Christmas

December 26, 2014

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens Christmas is over. We can put away the hustle and bustle, and the stress for another year. All over the world children…

A Christmas Message From Marty Martin, Lead Pastor

December 25, 2014

This time of year I usually write a personal letter to all of you and believe it or not, I look very forward to it. It is an opportunity to honor each of you and to wish you a merry…

Looking For Joy?

December 24, 2014

The song Joy to the World reminds me of our mission to help the whole world find and follow Jesus. One of the things we have attempted to do over our years here at Northstar is connect God’s unchanging Word…

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