Sometimes in life, you must accept your fate. What does that even mean? Well, it means that life is hard, and your purpose in Christ is going to have bumpy roads attached to it. We just finished 2024, and for every single one of us, there were challenges that we faced. As we enter a new year, one thing is for sure, there will be challenges that we are either going to face with courage or run from ...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:    While Jesus faced The Cross with tremendous courage, his disciples were not prepared for this moment of truth. In fact, their claims of allegiance suddenly fell apart when faced with pressure. The posterchild for this “crumbling under the pressure” is seen in the behaviors of Simon Peter and Pilate as Jesus endured arrest, trial, and crucifixion. A once proud claim was ...  Read More

Happy New Year. Here's to new beginnings and a fresh start! Do you approach the New Year as a chance for positive change and personal growth? Maybe you're like me and choose a word for the year to focus on. Or you bravely make a New Years resolution? Perhaps one or more of the goals on your list are; exercise more, lose weight, learn a new hobby, save more money, spend less money, quit smoking, re...  Read More

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” Today's verse tells us that the will of God for our lives are to rejoice, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstance. As we looked over John 17 this past Sunday we focused on prayer for fellow believers and prayer for the unbelievers. I first want to focus on the believe...  Read More

I remember the first time that someone said to me “I’m praying for you.” I was 8 or 9 years old. We were living in Naples, Italy at the time (my father was in the Air Force, and he was stationed there). Our neighbors across the street had kids about the same age as my brothers and me. We had been there about a year when they moved in. Like all neighborhoods, the neighborhood kids always sized up t...  Read More

Having grown up in church my whole life, as a pastor’s kid, I have been around several people who I would consider to be “Prayer Warriors”. You may know some of these people in your own lives. The Prayer Warriors I have encountered are nothing short of admirable. To selflessly give up one’s personal time to make time for prayer, to not necessarily pray for themselves but to spend time praying for ...  Read More