Abiding Shepherd

Every decision we make comes down to two Hebrew words - CHA-REM (abandon my sinful way of thinking and my plans for my life) or KA-DOSH (give God my whole heart, fully trusting the promises He's made).  Like God giving victory in Jericho, Jesus came and gave us the victory - the question is "Now, what do we do with that victory?"

Joshua 6:15-19

11.21.21 Message from Fort Atkinson

Pastor Nathan Krause

His Victory. Your Hands.  

God has won the victory and given it into your hands. It’s time to take hold of it!  

1) The battle isn’t really ours. It’s God’s. 

2) There’s a sinister enemy in this world and in our hearts. We get to be part of its defeat. 

3) God wins the victory and then places it in our hands. He invites us to join Him. 

4) He didn’t give us the victory so we could take part in things that are broken. We get to be part of making things right! 

5) Jesus won it all by dying and rising. One day He will return when once and for all we see The Conquest  

Joshua 6:15-19 11.21.21 

Message from Cottage Grove 

Pastor Nate Abrahamson

What's Your Crocodile?

It’s hard to let go and not be in control. But we get to trust God more than we trust ourselves!

1) Are we teaching those around us, including little kids, to live by faith or by fear?

2) The world around us tries to tell us that marriage and children aren’t all that important. 

3) God chooses who gets to live, not us.

4) Our fears can distract and divide us. 

5) What’s your crocodile? God is bigger than every fear, every crocodile in your way!

Exodus 2:1-3

11.14.21 Message from Cottage Grove

Pastor Nathan Krause

It's often said, "When God shuts a door He opens a window." 

But what do you do when the door is closing? 

See how we get to live as people of hope by digging into what God does in the lives of Moses' parents in Exodus 2:1-3.

11.14.21 Message from Fort Atkinson

Pastor Nate Abrahamson

Life Isn't Fair. But God still gives us the ability to really live. See what God can do in us despite life's challenges by looking at teh life of Joseph.

Genesis 50:9-12

11.7.21 Message from Fort Atkinson

Pastor Nathan Krause

If You've Ever Been Hurt By Someone, This Is For You.

One of life’s most difficult challenges is dealing with the ways people have hurt us. Thankfully, Jesus made reconciliation possible not just between God and us, but between us and others. He is “Healing Hearts.”

1) When someone wrongs you, ask, “Am I in the place of God?” Then remind yourself what God’s place is in all of this.

2) Christian forgiveness is not saying that the wrong someone did is okay or not a big deal. It means trusting that God is a God of justice who is setting everything right.

3) Our God is so big and so amazing that He can use the ways people break His world to bring healing to this world. That’s what happened on the cross.

4) There is no wrong too awful that God won’t use it to achieve something good.

5) There will be a day when your heart is completely healed and you are reconciled with others. The God who will heal you completely then is already at work in you now.

Genesis 50:19-21

11.7.21 Message from Cottage Grove

Pastor Nate Abrahamson

Big Choices!

God has given you the opportunity to make choices and to trust Him as you step forward in faith!

1) God often doesn’t take us where we’re going immediately. It’s a process. He is patient with us. Are we patient with God?

2) Along the way God gives us the opportunity to make sanctified choices.

3) We have more than the promises of God to rest on. We can hang onto the character and nature of God.

4) We are so quick to replace God’s ways with our ways. We want God to follow our plan.

5) Fear is not defeated by our good plans but by God’s presence. 

Genesis 12:4-9

10.31.21 Message from Cottage Grove

Pastor Nathan Krause

You're Going Somewhere

God has called you out so you can step forward in faith. Like Abraham, you're on "The Incredible Journey."

Genesis 12:4-9

10.31.21 Message from Fort Atkinson

Pastor Nate Abrahamson

Heroic!

We all love heroes. But it can be a tall order to trying to live up to them! Jesus, however, makes us heroic like Noah!

Genesis 6:22

10.24.21 Message from Cottage Grove

Pastor Brian Klebig

The Key to Significance

God worked through Noah to preserve humanity on the face of the earth. Talk about significant! What was central to Noah's life of significance can be cenral to ours as well. We are oBEdient.

Genesis 6:22

10.24.21 Message from Fort Atkinson

Pastor Nate Abrahamson