The Bible tells us that our minds, which can solve mathematical equations, reason through complex scenarios, and figure out difficult relationship challenges, are very limited in their ability to understand spiritual truth. Our “old” minds, in fact, are veiled to the truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Do you see this “old,” sinful thinking in your life? Now [...]
What are you passionate about? What makes you laugh and cry? What touches the most intimate part of your life? Our cross-examination continues as we ask God to search our hearts. We’re told in the Bible that God has replaced our hearts of stone with soft, strong, beating, passionate hearts. What does that mean for our lives? Psalm 139:23-24 [...]
We all have a public self, the self we allow others to see. We also have a private self, the part of us that we hide and keep to ourselves. How are you motivated? Is it by what others think of you, what you think of yourself, or what God thinks of you? When we go to the [...]
Tonight we consider the reason we need forgiveness. We are sinners who die. Forgiveness removes sin and its consequences. John 17:1-26 Pastor Anders Davidson
In this last of three weeks, we ask a tough question we all must face: "God, in this moment, do I need the serenity to accept or the courage to change?" The answer often isn't always easy to uncover, though it always surfaces in aligning ourselves with the will of God. Today we seek the wisdom God provides. Proverbs [...]
All of us know fear. God encourages our souls with His constant reminder, “Fear Not.” Sometimes when the inevitable waves of life hit us and ours, we need God to step in and help us to accept. Other times God calls us to have courage and act. Today we pray for the courage to change what God wants us [...]
If you live long enough, a “rogue wave” will hit your life. You lose a job. You, or a loved one, get sick. A relationship falls apart. Anxiety overwhelms you. At such times we need peace in the depths of our souls. We need Jesus and the peace He brings. During the next three weeks we will be unpacking [...]
“Do unto others what you would have them do to you” – the Golden Rule, which was first given by Jesus, but has been incorporated into so many other relationship teachings. Today we go deep with this verse and uncover some of the reasons why this “rule” reflects what’s in our hearts, the way to enrich relationships, and the [...]
“Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened to you.” Jesus spoke these words that most of us have always applied to our prayer life. Isn’t it interesting that He said them in the midst of statements about relating with others. Now these words take on [...]
Jesus often talked in metaphors that are difficult to understand. In our relating He uses a powerful picture of a pig and pearls. What is Jesus talking about? How does this relate to me relating to others? Think about the facts of life, that some people just don’t know what to do with the wisdom and truth that comes [...]
