Starting Strong 3: Focus

As we live our lives focused on Jesus, he will work in our lives and weave them into the grand story he is writing and make it part of the beautiful tapestry of renewal and hope that he is creating.

Starting Strong 2: Training

Training in godliness helps us to discern truth from lies and create habits of holiness that help us stay on track as we follow Jesus into forever. As we grow in godliness, then we can help others train in godliness. This helps them to become more like Jesus, and then they can help others, and so on, and so on. And that’s how the Kingdom of God grows.

Faith That Amazes

…our faith does not depend at all on us. Our faith depends totally on Jesus. He is the One who makes our faith amazing. For faith which amazes God is simply trust that God will do amazing things in our life.

The Path of Wisdom

…it was the Father’s wisdom that raised Jesus from the dead to begin a new creation, one that is centered on and supported by Jesus Christ, one in which all things, even those times of suffering which we may experience, work together for our good, and one in which, at the end of time, all things will be made new, including us.

Finding God in the Midst of Desolation

The reason that we can choose to take actions of faith when it seems like the world has turned against us, when evil is attacking us and our life and everyone else we hold dear is in clear and present danger, and our emotions are telling us that there is no hope is because Jesus rose from the dead.

Heart Matters

…God is inviting us to bring our sinful hearts to him and trust in his goodness, his greatness, and his grace.

Conquering Giants

The stronger our faith in God to defeat the giants in our life and the more areas of our life to which we apply that giant-slaying faith, the weaker anxiety’s ability will be to rule over our lives.

The Lamb That Saves & Sets Free

Jesus is not only our Savior, he is also our North Star, the Guiding Light by which we orientate our entire life. Jesus is the One who helps us assess the vast array of information coming at us and determine which we should act on and how.

Back to the Garden

…Jesus is taking us back to the Garden, where all wrongs will be made right, all brokenness will be healed, and we will get to live in the presence of God, loving, serving and praising him forever.

The Journey of Faith

We have an incredible God who chooses unlikely people to do incredible things for him. But there really is no risk in choosing to follow God because he is the one who makes all things work out for good in the end.