Lent 2016: Lift Up Your Hearts

Christ, Who Is Your Life

April 3, 2016 • Josh Maddin

Setting Our Minds on Christ

April 3, 2016 • Rev. Derek McCollum

Stay With Us

March 27, 2016 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

If the Holy Spirit is stirring your spirit, do not to wait another moment. Enter the fellowship. Experience the mystic communion of knowing God the Father through Jesus his Son in the loving bond of the blessed Holy Spirit.

Climbing Toward Peace

March 20, 2016 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

Touching us gently God will declare, It’s all right. It’s all fixed now. It’s all put back together. Don’t die any longer. Live. Don’t cry any longer. Rejoice. Don’t strive any longer. Love. I am your God. This is what you waited for. I will make it so.

What is Jesus Doing Now?

March 13, 2016 • Rev. Derek McCollum

WIJD: What Is Jesus Doing?

March 13, 2016 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

Are you acceptable? Are you out of control? Will you be all right? Understanding where Jesus is now and what he's doing helps us understand the answers to these questions.

Looking For a Verdict

March 6, 2016 • Scott Barber

He Went Up

March 6, 2016 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

Our destiny in Christ is upwards. Our hero has come to claim us for his homeland. He has staked his eternal existence on us, joining himself forever to our human flesh. He has sent his Spirit as a pledge in our hearts that he is preparing a place for us. Our destiny is not man degraded but man restored. Our future is not the gloomy cynicism or the resigned sensuality of nearly every movie made these days and nearly every song sung. Our destiny is goodness, truth and beauty. Behold the man. What Jesus is, we shall be.

The Mountains of Jesus

February 28, 2016 • Josh Maddin

Mountains of Jesus

February 28, 2016 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

Waiting on the Lord in prayer opens up space in us for relationship. When we discover how Jesus waited on his Father for guidance and strength, we realize how our own prayers get taken up in his life. The man for all men and women includes us in his prayers. He prays with us. Wait for my Father. Be strong. Take courage. Wait for my Father.

The Mountains of God

February 21, 2016 • Rev. Derek McCollum

Revelation and Response

February 21, 2016 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

The Upward Call

February 14, 2016 • Rev. Derek McCollum

Following the Upward Call

February 14, 2016 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

God is calling to us. He wants to be known. He makes himself available, but he is not a cheap date. He doesn’t give his beauty away for free; he doesn’t let us treat his treasure like trash. No, he graciously gives himself to us but he requires that we seek him. We wants us to press upwards toward him. He wants us to consecrate some time in honor of him. He wants us to stretch our minds to know him. He wants to capture our hearts as we contemplate him in his Word. If you seek him, he promises he will give himself to be found. So over the next six weeks, let’s journey toward Jesus through these passages and prayers. I promise that they will lead you to love him more than ever before for the way to life that he has made for you. Quest upward, beloved!