by admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
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...
by admin | Jul 25, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
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...
by admin | Jul 25, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
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...
by admin | Jul 25, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
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...
by admin | Jul 25, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
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...
by admin | Jul 25, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
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...