Abundant Life Brookings

Are you familiar with Charles Dickens' 1843 book, Christmas Carol? It's an amazing story of salvation, transformation, redemption, and restoration? Even more, what can we learn from our past, present, and future?

As humans, we have always been searching for meaning and purpose. God left heaven and became like us so we could understand Him. Our search for rest, love, forgiveness, hope, joy, peace, family, mercy, grace, purpose, and meaning is over. Christmas whispers that the answer to all we need is in Jesus. Merry Christmas!

Christmas is about the return of a King who came to set His people free. Why did Jesus have to come? How did the shepherds know where to find Him? Scripture reveals some incredible truths!

If we're looking for truth, where do we find it? What is the true story of Jesus coming? What did He come to do?

What does the Bible tell us about fear? What does fear to do us? What can we do to overcome it? Jesus came to end all fear. It is his perfect love that drives out fear from our lives!

Feeling stuck in life? You don't have to. Our battles in life are not against our circumstances, but rather against what we think and what we say. This message explains how giving thanks affects the Devil, God, and ourselves.

What role does Thanksgiving have in living by faith?

When giving thanks is the engine and not the caboose of your life, you will find yourself getting unstuck from life's messes. True thanksgiving is not based on what you have, but on who God is. If you're not good at giving thanks, you can practice. Learn about these and more!

As we reflect on the holiday season, we see how many of the holidays we celebrate have roots in Christianity, but society has deviated drastically from the original intentions.

Pastor Joe points us to three tips for having your best Thanksgiving ever! Or does he?

Jayson offers encouragement to those who are running the race of faith. Many of us find ourselves no longer at the starting line and not yet in sight of the finish line, feeling a bit lost or lonely. We looked at the life of Moses and the "hall of faith" in Hebrews for insight into running this race well.

The New Covenant teaches that complete forgiveness of sins is a gift. We see this in the words of Jesus before and after the cross. God's forgiveness is a gift only received by faith.