Forged By Fire
The Fragrance of Generosity
January 31, 2021 • Pastor Bill White
Would you consider yourself a generous person? People feel your concern for them in the provisions you’ve made for them – gifts of time, talent and financial treasure. In Scripture we see that when believers are so moved to be generous, their sacrifice rises like a sweet aroma that is pleasing to God.
The Promise of Harvest
January 24, 2021 • Pastor Bill White
As Christians, everyone we help come home to the Father is an offering of worship we bring to God. He is pleased when we do good to others and help those who are far from him get to know him personally. In fact, God himself rejoices every time someone trusts him in the forgiveness of sin, receiving the gift of salvation. Do you know the joy of helping someone take that step of faith?
The Doing of Good
January 17, 2021 • Pastor Bill White
God absolutely loves us. It’s not our humanity that separates us from him, but rather our sin. God is solid, trustworthy, steadfast. Yet, his character as God also makes him a destroying force to all sin. The good news is that He has a plan to make his holiness and goodness present in humanity in such a way that sin will be consumed without damaging the people he loves in the process – how does he accomplish this? Through his Son, Jesus Christ.
The Sacrifice of Praise
January 10, 2021 • Pastor Bill White
When we receive Christ as our Lord and Savior, we open our hearts for God’s Spirit to live in us, to be alive in us. As we live out our faith, we are to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, but have you ever wondered why? Why would anyone do that?
Living Sacrifice
January 3, 2021 • Pastor Ryan Reed
How will 2021 be any different for you? Will this be a new year where truly a new thing takes place in life, or will this year be more of the same old desperations? What do you want? Your answer will give way for some tension. The difference between God doing a new thing in you this year and the same old desperations is what you are willing to sacrifice.
Conform or Be Transformed
January 3, 2021 • Pastor Rafael Then-Gea
In 2020, did we honor God well in worship, conversation, devotion, prayer, or actions? Or were there times we tried to fit in and conform so much to the world around us that we lost sight of what is most important? With all the learnings of this past year, what can we do differently in 2021?