Written by Ryan Schadler That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes…
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Prayers Are Answered
Written by Bobby Bisterfeldt Many times we hear or we say to others “I will be praying for you”. How fervently do we do our diligence in fulfilling that promise? Do we believe that God will answer our prayers? Let’s take a look at some examples in His Word that will increase our diligence in…
Who Did He Come To Heal?
Written by Bobby Bisterfeldt Many times in the new testament before Jesus healed one of His children, it is written that He had compassion on that child or group of children. Compassion is an essential quality that we must all have to assist Him in bringing about the healing of His children. Without it we…
Flourish, Part Three: Our True Identity Growing our Roots Deeper in our Identity Found in Christ in a World that Tries to Trip Us Up
Written by Madison Caffrey You’re not good enough. I need to be more like her. You’re too skinny. You can be better than that. I need to fit in. You need to lose weight. You aren’t pretty enough. You are too awkward. They would like me better if I just went along with what they…
Flourish, Part Two: Letting Go Growing out of the Anxieties and Worries this World Brings
Written by Madison Caffrey I have a fear of skydiving. I am deathly afraid of jumping from some obscene height with a person strapped to my back, falling at unfathomable speeds, relying on the person on my back to pull the parachute and bring us to safety. Why am I so afraid of this? I…
Flourish, Part One: Never Limiting God Growing from Under the Hurts, Hang-Ups, and Circumstances from our Past
Written by Madison Caffrey “For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11 God tells us that He has our future taken care of, that our life is safe in His…
The Still Small Voice
Written by Matthew Scraper “…and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not…
Crossing the Street
Written by Matthew Scraper “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you…” Isaiah 41:10 It all happened so fast. One second I was running into the street as fast as my little legs would carry me,…
Surrender, Part One
Written by Ashtyn Fair “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you make know the hope to which…
Come Away…..
Written by Melissa Ekart Zechariah 2:6-7 “The Lord says, ‘Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds. Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon.’” Does God really reach down His hand and ask people to come away with Him?…
The Most Dangerous Lies, Part Two: You Can’t Handle The Truth
I don’t want to look at You. Well, really, the truth is that I don’t want you to look at me…at all of the junk that is rotting in my soul. But since I can’t stop You from seeing me, I just don’t want to look at You. I don’t really believe that You can…
The Most Dangerous Lies, Part One: Catching Lies
They’re slippery little dudes. They feel safe….not because they ARE safe….but because they are familiar. They disguise themselves as truths we have to live by….the key words being “have to”….because if we don’t live by them, we believe some sort of danger will result. They are “truths” with some sort of special super-powers to secure…