October 21, 2018
We are pausing our God Meant It for Good series this Sunday for our Bible conference Pray Like This: The Lord’s Pattern for Prayer. We will be working through the Lord’s prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) in five...
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The Christian life is a life of faith. We are to believe God’s promises and walk in the confident trust that He will be faithful to every last one. God has not told us everything that we might like to...
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The opening verses of Psalm 105 describe what we are to do each week as we gather for worship as a local church. Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among...
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This Sunday we come to Genesis 49:1-28. Jacob is about to die and has his deathbed moment with his sons. Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall...
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After two years, we come to the final passage of Genesis this Sunday. This book that began with God speaking life into existence ends with bones in a coffin. But Joseph’s last words are spoken with...
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As I walk down the crowded hallway of the children’s Sunday School wing of our church, I remember my friends serving far away, who do not have the privilege of attending church services kids-free....
View ArticleDecember 2, 2018
This Sunday we begin our advent series Born which will explore five glorious reasons God the Son took on flesh and dwelt among us. For two years the book of Genesis has had us continually looking...
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This Sunday our advent series continues with a second reason God the Son took on flesh and dwelt among us. Delivering us from death is what Jesus was born to save us from. Eternal life is what Jesus...
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This Sunday our advent series continues with a third reason God the Son took on flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus was born to call sinners to repentance (Luke 5:27-32). “I have not come to call the...
View ArticleDecember 23, 2018
Our advent series continues this Sunday with a fourth reason for which Jesus was born. He was born to adopt slaves as sons. “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of...
View ArticleDecember 30, 2018
Our advent series will wrap up this Sunday with a fifth reason for which Jesus was born. He was born to reconcile enemies (Ephesians 2:11-22). “Now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been...
View ArticleJanuary 6, 2019
We are beginning the new year with a new Bible reading plan for Grace. Our 2019 Take Up Your Sword reading plan will cover the eleven storyline books of the Old Testament. For some of you, the Old...
View ArticleJanuary 13, 2019
This Sunday we begin our next sermon series through Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Our series title, Joy in the Faith, is taken directly from Philippians 1:25. Paul is not sure whether his...
View ArticleJanuary 20, 2019
This Sunday we will begin preaching through Paul’s letter to the Philippians in a series we’re calling Joy in the Faith: Words of Hope from a Man in Chains. If you missed our reading service on Sunday,...
View ArticleJanuary 27, 2019
The subtitle of our Philippians series is Words of Hope from a Man in Chains. Erik pointed out this past Sunday that Paul was a “man in chains” on two levels. He considered himself a “slave of Christ”,...
View ArticleFebruary 3, 2019
Last Sunday Jackson preached an important message for us from Philippians 1:12-18. If you weren’t able to be here, I highly encourage you to go listen or watch it HERE. He asked us to consider our...
View ArticleFebruary 10, 2019
Grace Family, let’s not forget that it is “through our prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ” (Phil. 1:19) that God will present each one of us mature in Christ. Let’s be lifting up our...
View ArticleFebruary 17, 2019
This past Sunday, Randy posed the question, “Is your approach to church me-centered or we-centered?” As we begin Philippians 2 this Sunday, we could ask a similar question, “Is your approach to church...
View ArticleFebruary 24, 2019
One of the questions we ask each week as we prepare our order of worship, choosing songs and scripture, is, “What sorts of hearts will our passage be addressing or confronting this week?” Fearful...
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