Spiritual gifts can be grouped into 3 categories: love gifts, word gifts, and power gifts. Today, we look at 4 of the love gifts: pastoring, helps, hospitality, and mercy. We explore how these gifts are essential for the church to demonstrate the love of God in a practical, tangible way.
Read MoreIt’s easy to view spiritual gifts as optional extras. Something that’s only for the elite Christian. But the Bible makes clear that God gives spiritual gifts to every believer. But what are spiritual gifts? How do we know what our gifts are? And how do we develop them? We start by looking at Jesus, who modelled a life dependent on the gifts and power of the Holy Spirit.
Read MoreWe live in an age where we have everything at our fingertips. We can access the best sermons and the best worship music right from the comfort of our own home, and the trend of our culture is showing that church is becoming less of a priority in our lives, but if we are to take our spiritual life seriously then we need to be rooted in the church.
Read MoreWe’ve all suffered loss, it’s part of living in a fallen world. But what do we do when we face loss? Our hope is in our God who restores what is broken and redeems what was stolen. And it doesn’t stop there, not only does God restore us, but He turns us into Restorers.
Read MoreAlmost everyone feels chronically busy these days. Busyness has become so normal the we just think this is the way life is. But is it? From the very beginning, God has established the practice of Sabbath – a day when we take time to rest and be replenished. Some think of it as pointless legalism, but God intended Sabbath to be a blessing and not a burden, as well as a remedy for our busyness.
Read MoreGod works through seasons in our lives — both natural seasons and spiritual seasons. We often try to resist these seasons, thinking that other seasons will be better. But God has a reason for every season. Learning to fully embrace our season is essential to experiencing greater joy and contentment.
Read MoreWe enter the new year with a list of hopes, dreams, plans, and agendas for 2019. But what if we took a different approach than our usual New Year’s Resolutions? What if we surrendered our year to God and asked Him what He’s wanting to do in our life this year? What would this year look like if we aligned our lives with God’s desires for us?
Read MoreWe encounter the darkness of our world every time we turn on the news or even when we look inside our own hearts. But the good news is that Jesus is the Light of the World. He came to rescue us from the kingdom of darkness and give us the light that leads to life.
Read MoreWe all want to make the most of our lives, but how do you ensure that happens? Most of us would say we are just trying to find our way through life and hoping for the best. But what if there was someone who could show you the way to life — the way to God as well as a the way to a life of deep meaning and joy? That’s what Jesus is offering us.
Read MoreChristmas is more than a sentimental mythology. It’s a stunning act of humility and love for God step out of heaven and into our world in order to win our hearts. He didn’t come to dazzle us with His raw power, but instead He came to offer Himself for us. For God knows that all the power in the world cannot unlock the human heart, it has to be opened from within.
Read MoreWhat is the secret to living the Christian life? Is it about trying harder, being more committed, or becoming more disciplined? None of those things will lead to the life that Jesus promised us — a life of genuine freedom, holiness, and joy. That life can only be found by learning to abide in Jesus.
Read MoreSooner or later, everyone will wrestle with disappointment with God. But how you handle that disappointment can be the make or break of your relationship with Him. With the story of Lazarus, Martha and Mary overcome their profound disappointment and choose to trust Jesus, paving the way for one of the most dramatic miracles in the Bible.
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