All of us have missed the target in our lives. When we do, we have a tendency to withdraw, pull back, and make life all about us. The arrows of our life just come back in. That may be the natural tendency, but that is not how God has called us to live our lives. […]
This series is spurred by one question: What would it look like to have overflow in our everyday life? Jesus offers, to all who believe, a “living water that will never run dry”. This overflow comes from the power of the Holy Spirit by which we are empowered to be BOLD witnesses for Jesus. Our […]
In John 4, Jesus is talking to a Samaritan woman. This was seen as improper for two big reasons. Jews don’t talk with Samaritans and a Rabbi would not be alone talking with a woman. Yet Jesus shows His love for this woman and for all of us by revealing what true worship looks like. […]
We were designed to live in freedom. Jesus died and rose again to set us free. In the scripture this week we read about a woman who was set free by Jesus. With all of this freedom available to her and to us in Jesus, why do so many believers struggle with staying free? How […]
One of our greatest challenges is learning to trust God with our generosity. Even though we know it all belongs to Him, there are still parts of our heart that must be softened to the idea that we can be generous with no strings attached. We are generous because He is generous and He is […]