Paul has an experience on the way to Damascus. He comes face-to-face with Jesus. It changes his whole outlook. He has a resurrection experience. May we also have face-to-face experiences and really see who God is.

Philips encounter with the Ethiopian Eunuch is Spirit led. We see the advancement of the Gospel to the “ends of the earth” through the encounter. May we always be just as Spirit led with the things we do!

Peter explains through a sermon what Pentecost means through a passage in Joel and a Psalm of David. Those around were cut to the heart and repented. There was a restoration that happened. There is always hope for restoration.

What happens in Acts 2 is an amazing story of transformation. The transformation that happens when a group of people allow the Holy Spirit to guide them in what they are doing. On this day of Pentecost we are reminded of the transformation that has happened in our lives. We are reminded of the promise God gave of transformation. Thank you Lord for the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Ezekiel 37 gives us this vision of resurrection. That God will bring a transformation of the heart. No longer do we have a heart of stone but a heart of flesh when there is that transformation. There is a difference in the Bible between a resurrection and a resuscitation. Resurrection means transformation. Lord help guide us in that transformation.

For such a time as this is a line Mordecai gives Esther in 4:14. It is something we can take to heart today as well. We aren’t here by chance. God has something specific for us and we just have to listen for direction for the Holy Spirit.

We have this image given to us in the Old Testament and New Testament of the Israelites being a royal priesthood and a holy nation. We are brought into that image as Gentiles. So how do we live this out?

In Ephesians we read a prayer that we be so rooted in God’s love that the overflowing of our life is holiness. If we are so rooted then we will understand that life isn’t a competition but our vocation is to cultivate and multiply.

Our church vision statement is: we come to renewed life: to be rooted, to invite others, and to nurture relationships. What does that looks like in our everyday lives? This week we are focusing in on what a renewed life looks like.

We have this moment in Matthew chapter 28 where the women come to the tomb and it is empty. He has risen, He has risen indeed. What does that mean for us? Find out with us today.

Zachariah gives us the picture of the Messiah coming in to usher in the coming Kingdom on a donkey. The symbols of war no longer have the power. This is the last Sunday before Resurrection Sunday! God guide our hearts!

Psalm 27 tells us that God is our refuge, the one place that we can find safety and security in. Even when the world is chaotic around us in God we find peace. Even if our parents forsake us God never will. May we always trust in God and give our life over entirely. May we go where God guides us.

In Deuteronomy 30 God Gives the Israelites a clear choice and lays out the consequences of that choice. May we always choose to follow God and choose life. May we become conscious to the moments we don’t put God first.

Today we are reading out of Jeremiah God speaking about this pattern of distraction that the Israelites are in. They continue to be distracted, God gives them over to their distraction then when they cry out to God, He comes to rescue them. We might see that pattern in our lives as well. Let us pray in this Lenten season God point out places where we have turned from Him and gotten distracted.

Psalm 84 is a song of Zion, a song the Israelites would sing as they traveled back to the temple during the pilgrimage festivals. They longed to feel at home, to have rest in God’s presence. Do we long for the same things?

Psalm 95 is a bid to come. We start this journey towards the cross this Sunday. We journey these 40 days of lent. It is a season of reflection and repentance. God bids us come.

To blessed to be stressed. But does one really have something to do with the other? Paul tells us he has anxiety in Philippians, but then tells us not to be anxious. Why? Join us today as we talk through this.

The phrase “everything happens for a reason” usually rolls off our tongues in situations where we might not know what to say. But is that phrase and what it means what we really mean to say? Maybe we should look at Romans 8 and see what Paul was really saying.

Sometimes in hard times we tend to say things we don’t really mean that don’t really express what we want to say. We’ve all done it and all had those things said to us. Today we are looking at the phrase “God doesn’t give us more than we can handle.” What are things we can say that better express what we mean?