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You Are Under Construction

Do you ever feel like a mess, as if you don’t have it all together? After having received Jesus Christ, Paul wanted the new believers in Colossae to learn what it means to walk (or live their lives) in Him. Paul didn’t want them to get sidetracked, ripped off, and tangled up by arguments that…

Jesus at the Center

Jesus Christ came to make the invisible God, visible. Since the beginning of time, people have sought to understand their purpose and identity. In essence, they have pondered the questions, “Who am I, and why do I exist?” Looking for purpose in financial success, accruing possessions, relationships, or pleasure will always leave us wanting more.…

Let’s Grow

In the book of Colossians, Paul desires that Christ-followers lead a life of worth, pleasing the Lord in everything. What does that look like? Good news: Paul tells us. Paul wrote in ancient Greek, and in Greek, he gives four participial phrases in vs. 10-14 that flesh out how God helps us live a life…

Praying God-Sized Prayers

According to Ephesians 3:20… … God is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine because His power is at work within us. I can imagine some big things and God wants to do even more than that through prayer! Elijah was able to ask radical things of God, and God answered because…

The Ephesians Test

Jesus says in Matthew 12:33-34, CSB… “Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good or make the tree bad, and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the…

Finding Purpose in Your Pain

If you have ever had an EKG (electrocardiogram) done on your heart, you know that the end result is a graph should look something like this. In essence, the EKG shows you how well your heart is beating. If you see a regular rhythm of ups and downs on the graph, it means that your…

The Gospel and Baseball

John 21:15-19 (CSB) 15 When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John,[g] do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.” “Feed my lambs,” he told him. 16 A second time he asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you…

Set Apart for a Purpose

We’ve been set apart through our love. Back in the 1970’s, a pop duo known as Captain and Tennille had a hit song called Love Will Keep us Together. It was a catchy tune but it captured a truth- love does keep us together. In a divisive world, the followers of Jesus have been set…

When You’re Disconnecting from God

I’ve never made the intentional decision to walk away from God, but I have found myself disconnected from Him. There have been seasons where as soon as I start my day, I begin thinking about what I emails I need to respond to, and the people I need to call back, and the projects I…

The church’s secret weapon.

In 2005, I bought my dream car. I saved enough money to buy a two door, extended cab, Silver Toyota Tacoma with the TRD off-roading package. There was a reason behind buying the two door version of this truck, and that was because I didn’t want to be everyone’s chauffer. There was one major problem…