WEEK 1 Main Point and Overview: Sometimes organizations lose sight of why they exist. They become focused on the non-essentials, while the essentials are lost. We call this “missional drift.” Over the years, plenty of churches have lost sight of their mission. Suddenly, they become consumed with budgets, programs, &/or events to the point that their gathering times are filled with lots of activiti...  Read More

Acts 2:42-47 I’ve really enjoyed reading this week’s devotions and quite frankly, I really needed the reminder of community, connection, and church unity.  Did you read Brianna’s devotion yesterday?  I did, and I am praying that we as a church would desire to live out the mission of the Gospel in unity. But how do we do that? How can the church be a visible, powerful witness of the Gospel to the w...  Read More

Romans 15:1-6 Take a minute to picture this: it’s no longer a winter wonderland and you’re in the middle of a lake. It’s a blazing hot summer day and you are with your best friend on a canoe. You’re both rowing perfectly in sync and the boat is seamlessly gliding down the river. But then, a bee starts buzzing near your head and you begin to swat it away. Oh no! Your rowing is out of sync and the c...  Read More

Romans 14 God wants us to consider others before ourselves! Sometimes we make changes in our lives, not because we think we need to because of sin, but we believe it is the best thing to do to help someone else out around us. My dad is a high school teacher. He has been for many years. He was actually my teacher when I was growing up, and he was always everyone's favorite teacher. No one ever had ...  Read More

Romans 13:11-14 As an athlete preparing to enter the playing field, court, rink, or track, you often look towards your coach for that last second pep talk that starts a fire within you! Those last second words can fuel you to attack the competition like it was lunch, and you were starving, because you knew it was GO time! On the flip side, the other team is thinking how in the world do we overcome...  Read More

Romans 13:8-10 “All you need is love” by the Beatles, spent a week at #1 in the billboard chart in the US. This song became the anthem for the summer of love (1967), the hippie movement. This movement of young people was a break against mainstream society. This break was aimed at traditional Christian ethics and beliefs. The hippies, flowerchildren, and counter-culture figures like Tomothy Leary (...  Read More