Rejoice, Pray, Thank
Give Thanks in All Circumstances
September 18, 2022 • Pastor Joe Meyer
Normally we give thanks, to God and to others, only when good things come our way. Someone gives us a gift…we say “Thank you!” The Lord answers our prayers in the way we want Him to…we say “Thank you!” But giving thanks in ALL circumstances? That would be seriously hard to do! How can we give thanks when something goes awry? How can we give thanks when we just don’t want to or feel like it? Really the question is this: When we consider our intimate relationship with our loving Lord and His intense passion for loving us and meeting our needs, how can we not give thanks in all circumstances? Yes? No matter what comes our way, God is good all the time…all the time, God is good! We therefore “Give Thanks in All Circumstances”!
Give Thanks in All Circumstances
September 18, 2022 • Pastor Ben Johnson
Normally we give thanks, to God and to others, only when good things come our way. Someone gives us a gift…we say “Thank you!” The Lord answers our prayers in the way we want Him to…we say “Thank you!” But giving thanks in ALL circumstances? That would be seriously hard to do! How can we give thanks when something goes awry? How can we give thanks when we just don’t want to or feel like it? Really the question is this: When we consider our intimate relationship with our loving Lord and His intense passion for loving us and meeting our needs, how can we not give thanks in all circumstances? Yes? No matter what comes our way, God is good all the time…all the time, God is good! We therefore “Give Thanks in All Circumstances”!
Pray without Ceasing
September 11, 2022 • Pastor Ben Johnson
We would all agree that prayer is an essential part of who we are as Christian people. There’s not a person who calls Christ his/her Lord and Savior that would believe we should never, ever pray. But the words of 1Thessalonians 5:17 are challenging as they call us to “Pray without Ceasing”. Never pray? That’s not good. Always pray? Who is able to do that? How can we obey this passage? How can we “Pray without Ceasing” in a world of distractions? We’ll explore and deep-dive the very essence of prayer this week and as we consider that amazing gift from God, we will be encouraged and empowered to “Pray without Ceasing!”
Pray without Ceasing
September 11, 2022 • Pastor Joe Meyer
We would all agree that prayer is an essential part of who we are as Christian people. There’s not a person who calls Christ his/her Lord and Savior that would believe we should never, ever pray. But the words of 1Thessalonians 5:17 are challenging as they call us to “Pray without Ceasing”. Never pray? That’s not good. Always pray? Who is able to do that? How can we obey this passage? How can we “Pray without Ceasing” in a world of distractions? We’ll explore and deep-dive the very essence of prayer this week and as we consider that amazing gift from God, we will be encouraged and empowered to “Pray without Ceasing!”
Rejoice Always
September 4, 2022 • Pastor Joe Meyer
One of the more amazing things about our faith is that it is a “now and later” faith. We have Jesus in our hearts-and-lives now on earth, and we have Jesus in our hearts-and-lives later and for eternity! When we consider the incredible truth that Christ is with us “always…even to the very end of the age”, or, said differently, “now and later”, it causes us to have something else both “now and later” and that “something” else is joy, true joy, His joy! We can do what we’re called to do in 1Thessalonians 5:16 right here on earth, namely, “Rejoice Always”, because in and through Christ, both now and later, we have true and unshakeable joy!
Rejoice Always
September 4, 2022 • Pastor Ben Johnson
One of the more amazing things about our faith is that it is a “now and later” faith. We have Jesus in our hearts-and-lives now on earth, and we have Jesus in our hearts-and-lives later and for eternity! When we consider the incredible truth that Christ is with us “always…even to the very end of the age”, or, said differently, “now and later”, it causes us to have something else both “now and later” and that “something” else is joy, true joy, His joy! We can do what we’re called to do in 1Thessalonians 5:16 right here on earth, namely, “Rejoice Always”, because in and through Christ, both now and later, we have true and unshakeable joy!