2012
Journey
"With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall." - Psalm 18: 29. Ever wonder sometimes how you are going to "scale a wall" in your life? Sometimes it seems like certain challenges are overwhelming. If God is leading you up cliffs, he will equip you for the climb. With God, all things are possible! -Pastor Mike
Tomorrow
Ever worry about what is on the road ahead? I am not saying that you shouldn't plan ahead, because planning can help you alleviate worry. "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Matthew 6:34. Trust in God and keep in close relationship with Him. -Pastor Mike
Grown Up
We can't wait to grow up. Learning to drive a car, graduating from high school, and going to college are all privledges in a person's life. But growing up also has its responsibilities. "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me." - 1 Corinthians 13:11. -Pastor Mike
Worth
Is easy to get down on ourselves, isn't it? Many times we focus on what we can't do, rather than what we can do. Psalm 8:5 says, "You made him (humans) a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor". Since God has already declared how worthy we are to him, we can rest assured in our value. -Pastor Mike
Always
Always is a strong word. It means forever. Few people can promise to always do something because most of us will forget or give up. Jesus told us, "...And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." -Matthew 28:20b. Jesus continues always to be with us through his Holy Spirit. This Spirit is our guide. -Pastor Mike
Transformed
You become like whatever you worship. If it is money, you become stingy. If it is fame, you become conceited. Follow Christ, and become more like him. "And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with everlasting glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." -2 Corinthians 3:18. -Pastor Mike
Peace
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." - John 16:33. Jesus has already overcome sin and death for us. Since the ultimate victory has already been won, we can claim the peace of Christ in the most troublesome times. - Pastor Mike
Courage
Have you ever been in a situation in which you were terrified? Once a youth convinced me to go on an undergound roller coaster ride that freaked me out. I prayed through the entire ride that I would make it through alive. Moses tells us in Deuteronomy 31 to be strong and courageous because God will never leave us or forsake us. That's good news! - Pastor Mike
Trust
I tend to want to do things myself because I know if I do, they will get done. That shows little trust in other's abilities. God wants us to trust him. "But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever." -Psalm 53: 8. Lean on, trust, and be confident in God with all your heart and mind! -Pastor Mike
Promise
Remember as a child when you became seperated from your parents at a store? For a quick moment, you became anxious and feared the worst. "What if I never see them again?" Not so with Jesus! "Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 8:39. -Pastor Mike
