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As we begin 2024, let’s focus on starting a new year with how God enables us to embrace the Spiritual fruits listed in Galatians 5:22-23. Isaiah 43:18-19 “The Lord says, `Forget about what has happened before. Do not think about the past. Instead, look at the new things I’m going to do.’ Following is an acrostic…
Continue ReadingOur recent series has focused on the myriad of impossible ways that Jesus fulfilled Scripture, culminating in Pastor Lauren’s sermon Sunday with the image of 5,000 warehouses full of 2 million ping pong balls to capture the probability of fulfilling a prophecy. That’s amazing. It’s miraculous. However, this pales in comparison to the spiritual fulfillment…
Continue ReadingPart of Pastor Mark’s sermon this past Sunday focused on the hope of God’s servants, as found in the last chapter of Revelation 22. As a side note, and to clarify the difference between wishing and hoping – wishing grows out of our earthly desires; hope grows out of our faith. Hope is oriented toward…
Continue ReadingThe Bible is chock-full of stories of God making much of those society does not. Many “heroes” in the Bible had humble beginnings, such as David or Gideon, and their society did not make much of them. But God did. And when He did, amazing things happened. Now let’s turn our attention to the directives…
Continue ReadingTHE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS
December is a time when we focus on giving and receiving gifts. Sometimes to the point that we allow the commercialization of Christmas to distort what should be a spiritual celebration into a negative experience with lots of stress. While showing our love to others through giving is important, it is secondary to the real…
Continue ReadingTHE WEIGHT OF GLORY
I’d like to do something a little different for this blog post. The writings of C.S. Lewis have made an incredible difference in my life and as you may know by now, I often quote him. I’d love to just share a sample of his writing today. It perfectly ties in with Pastor Mark’s sermon…
Continue ReadingPhilippians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (ESV) In Pastor Harry’s sermon this past Sunday, he used a graphic that illustrated where we start as Christ-followers, at the point where by faith we accept Christ’s death…
Continue ReadingMORE THAN JUSTIFIED
There’s nothing quite like justification. The more you meditate on what Jesus has done, the more mind-blowing it is. There is NO condemnation for those who are in Christ. We have the FREE gift of grace and everlasting life. We have the peace of the Holy Spirit NOW. Even if nothing else in the world…
Continue ReadingPLANNING FOR OUR DESTINATION
In his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey instructs the reader to begin with the end in mind. While his point-of-view in the book is one solely about this temporary physical life, the principle is nonetheless valid for us as Christ-followers in that our end (our destination), as Pastor Lawrence preached this…
Continue ReadingGIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
It is probably not hyperbole to say that the Apostle Paul has given us some of the most beloved passages in Scripture, some of which Pastor Mark touched on this past Sunday as he covered the Scarlet Thread through the epistles. These passages have given many Christians courage and strength when they discovered they had…
Continue ReadingLast Sunday at Mosaic
May 8, 2025