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When Jesus gave his disciples the Great Commission, he told them in Matthew 28:20 that he would be with them until the end of the age. When we encounter challenges that we weren’t expecting, how do we react? If it is locking our keys in the car far from home, do we blame ourselves? If

Genesis 4:9 “Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is Abel, your brother?’ And Cain said, ‘I do not know.’ Am I my brother’s keeper?’” The rabbis say that when Cain insisted that he wasn’t Abel’s keeper, he was apologizing to God for not knowing that killing his brother was weakening the influence of God

2 Corinthians 12:9: “My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in weakness.” God provides us His grace when we are most vulnerable before Him. There are days when we are confident that we are pleasing to God, and days when we think we have failed to live into the holiness we

Carlo Carretto wrote in “The God Who Comes” these words: “We must assume an attitude of waiting, accepting the fact that we are creatures and not creator…the initiative is God’s…we are only to accept.” Sometimes, we can get it the other way around. While we are indeed creatures, God gifted us with extraordinary intelligence. That

Thank you for the wonderful cookies and lemonade welcome “On the Porch.” I love that meeting place for fellowship. My family and I really enjoyed time with each of you. Such a warm welcome means so much to a new pastor. This week’s message is called “Spirit Life” and is based on Romans 8:1-11. How