For With God Nothing Will Be Impossible, Part 2  Merry Christmas! I pray God’s blessing and peace upon you and your family this Christmas Season. The Christmas season reminds me of how, with God, nothing is impossible. It is a time of year to trust God to move in...

For With God, Nothing Will Be Impossible  Jesus is the author and perfecter of your faith (Hebrews 12:2), and the Christmas story reminds us of this truth. Jesus is our hope, our savior, and our confidence. Through His life and resurrection, we learn that with God,...

Does God Want Us Healed?  The short answer is yes! The Lord is our healer, and from the earliest accounts in the Bible, He reveals Himself as such.   In Exodus 15, we read of the deliverance of the children of Israel from Pharaoh and Egypt. Nearly two million...

Citizens of Heaven, Part 3  Free of worry and filled with peace and joy.  Through faith in Christ, we are adopted into God’s family and become citizens of heaven. The core of our identity is to know as truth that we are loved, accepted, and added to God’s family. We...

Citizens of Heaven, Part 2 Last week, I began examining what it means to be a Citizen of Heaven. Today, I want to continue this teaching and how important understanding our new creation reality is as a follower of Jesus. Understanding our new identity affects our...

Citizens of Heaven, Part 1  Over the next couple of weeks, I want to examine our position as citizens of heaven and how this reality provides authority as believers.   I finished the series “God’s Faithfulness” last week. I used the lives of Abraham and Sarah to...

Abraham’s Faith and Obedience Pt. 4  Faith lives from the invisible toward the visible. Abraham discovered trust in God’s promises anchored in an unseen realm. (Heb. 11:8-12, 13-16)  Abraham believed God existed, believed He loved us unconditionally, and sought Him...

Abraham’s Faith and Obedience, Pt. 3  I’ve been in a series about God’s Faithfulness. I’ve been using the lives of Abraham and Sarah to demonstrate how loving, caring, and understanding God is toward us.   Know this: God is faithful, even when we are faithless! ...

Abraham’s Faith and Obedience, Pt. 2  Abraham is mentioned seventy-four times in the NT; he is second only to Moses.   Abraham is the only person in the Bible who is called a friend of God (James 2:23), perhaps the highest honor anyone can receive. Although he was not...

Abraham’s Faith and Obedience, Pt. 1  For the last four weeks, I have examined Abraham and Sarah's lives and faith in our series “God’s Faithfulness.”   In Genesis, we read that God promised Abraham’s descendants that all the families of the earth would be blessed....