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Why do we give up something for Lent? Some say that the answer lies in Luke 9:23 (Jesus talking) “Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” It’s about self-denial, carrying our cross...

I’ve been thinking a lot about prayer as we approach our Wisconsin District “Houses of Prayer” week February 12-16. I sincerely hope you will pray for revival beginning with yourself. Then allow God to broaden your horizons as you pray for your family, our church, our...

Jeremiah 29:11-13 tells us, “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. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find...

Last week Pastor Doug shared from Joshua 24 and asked us, “Who are you going to choose to serve?” This reminded that in 2016 when I read the Bible through chronologically I realized how many of the kings of Israel did not lead them in true worship. Hezekiah was one of...

In Joshua chapter 24, we see the covenant renewed at Shechem. In Genesis 12 God made a covenant with Abraham and then told him to go “to the land I will show you.” Shechem is the place where the Lord appeared to Abraham and told him that to his offspring “I will give...

This has been a difficult week. We have two friends that were hospitalized, one with a brain tumor, the other with a brain aneurism. A high school friend may be losing her mother to cancer and a sepsis infection. Besides these personal difficulties, there is the...