Posts with the category “guest-contributions”

Sacrifice. By Rebekka Hansel What do you think of when you think of the word “sacrifice”?Tonight, as I write this, it occurs to me that it’s the 20th day of Lent, a season wholly and completely dedic...  Read More

One New Thing. By Dawn Stanley This is, in fact, another "start your year off right" blog, sorry. If you're like me, I see the glass as half full and the new year is exciting for me. I love NEW!  I'm ...  Read More

I encourage you to find what works for you. Establish habits you want for your own well being. Create accountability to discipline yourself to accomplish what you want. Be conscientious about establis...  Read More

I Failed My Goals, So Why Even Bother to Set New Ones? By Pastor Brian Stanley The year end is a logical place where many of us take time to evaluate our previous year's goals and establish new goals ...  Read More

What a treasure it is to worship the great King of Kings who knows us so personally! What a treasure it is to be loved by the Savior of the world who delights in simply spending time with us! When yo...  Read More

Turn The Heat Up. By Todd McKeever Let's turn the heat up!You’ve probably heard the term lukewarm Christian before. It’s commonly thrown around as a vague warning that followers of Jesus ought to be f...  Read More

Have you ever held yourself back from doing something because you felt like you have no authority over it? Are you trusting more in your own capabilities and power to do something more than God's capa...  Read More

One of the hardest things about reconciling is admitting when we're wrong. We all like to think that we're right all the time, but that's just not realistic. If we're honest with ourselves, there will...  Read More

I would love to say that God has responded to me in an audible voice. The reality, though, is that most often He speaks to me through His Word and through the mundane moments in life that would pass ...  Read More

But this translation in the English Standard Version instructs us to “let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.” When I focus on the w...  Read More

Life is not always exciting. It’s not always easy. It’s not always fair. It’s not always overflowing with opportunity and adventure. Consequently, we’re all going to feel a sense of unhappiness or dis...  Read More

I had never before experienced such closeness to God. I'd also never before made it so simple on myself. Just go to God and be....  Read More

So in my chair I sat. I worshipped God - as much as you can when you know there’s something not quite right between the two of you. And the church morning proceeded. But right near the end of the P...  Read More

In Hosea we see a sorrowful Lord respond in love and compassion to a rebellious people. We hear (in this order): the charge, “Return to Israel, to the Lord your God” (Hos. 14:1), the requirement to si...  Read More

We will always have questions in this life. Tearing down our faith to look for answers among the pieces is not the solution. The solution is to use God’s Word to demolish the thoughts and behaviors th...  Read More

In March of last year, I was laying on a table having an ultrasound on my thyroid. I could tell something wasn’t right, the ultrasound tech wouldn’t look me in the eyes and got very quiet. I got scare...  Read More

Being in a season of waiting is not intended to be wasted time but rather an opportunity to put your faith into practice while waiting in anticipation of God's future for your life. He's in the waitin...  Read More

I learn afresh and anew each spring that even after a challenging, dry, season of my life, there is reason to raise my heart and my hands to the Resurrected Christ who gave His life to fulfill the law...  Read More

Author: Rebekka Hansel “Saving is all His idea, and His work. All we do is trust Him enough to let Him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish! We don’t play the major role. If we did, we’d probab...  Read More

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