The Kingdom of Heaven is Near

Jesus not only fulfilled the old covenant God made with Abraham and his descendants. He also gave us a new covenant of grace, and that covenant of grace was applied to you personally in your baptism.

The King has Come

You are a child of the high King of heaven who has begun his reign. He reigns in our hearts, he reigns in this world, and one day, all the world will see Jesus for the great king he is.

Grace for the Humble

…the moment when we empty ourselves of all our self-centered pride and self-righteous judgments, Jesus rushes in with more of His grace to draw us closer to Him.

Living in Love, Waiting in Hope

Because of Jesus—His life, His death, and His resurrection—the same power of God that raised Jesus from the dead is also at work in you right now. It’s active in your life, strengthening your faith, growing your love, and fortifying your hope.

Chains Broken, Lives Freed

If physical freedom is what we need to be free, most of us will experience a life of frustration. But what if God wants to give us another kind of freedom, a freedom that brings joy even when we are in prison? How can we live with that kind of freedom?

Blinded to See

The good things of this world are not the ultimate prize of life. They only foreshadow the greater things of the life to come in the new heaven and earth with Jesus. Jesus is the ultimate prize of life.

Peace, Power, and the Promise

It’s been said that within the heart of every person is a throne and someone or something is sitting on that throne. Whoever sits on that throne is the king of our heart and they govern our actions….

So who is the king of your heart? And what kind of king do you serve?

When Grace Comes Home

[When we] think that God grades sin on a curve like we humans do… we underestimate the graciousness of God. What can happen … is we can be burdened by sins which God has already forgiven….it prevents us from receiving the forgiveness and grace that God has for us…. How deep are the depths of God’s grace?

The Father’s Heart

And it doesn’t matter where you are—regardless of the loneliness, pain, sorrow, suffering, or grief that you are right in the middle of right now—

your Heavenly Father is with you, and He loves you, and He will carry you through that time.

And He’s inviting you to come home so that He can embrace you and restore you as a beloved, forgiven child in His family.

Lord, Teach Us to Pray

For when we look at what Jesus taught his disciples about prayer in Luke 11, we see that prayer is all about relationship, the relationship between us and God. That relationship is a gift given to us by Jesus.