The book of Ezra starts out with God demonstrating his ability to fulfil prophecy and keep His promise to His people, something we could all use a reminder of these days.

In this new ongoing series we look at some of the darker accounts of the Bible that still reveal God's truth.

With everything going on in our nation it is totally ok not to be ok right now. However, neither God nor our families want us to stay that way.

This is the Gospel, the message that we, the body of Christ, are meant to share with the world.

The Lord's Supper is one of the most reverential and spiritual acts that the body of Christ can do and it is meant to inspire fellowship and reflection.

Out of 16 chapters, Paul devotes only 2 verses to congregational giving. So the Church doesn't need to make everything about money, they just need to understand giving.

Paul places an emphasis on using our gifts in the Sunday Celebration to make the Church better and on ensuring we aren't disruptive when we gather. We should place an emphasis on those things as well.

Before we move on to the chapter about prophecy and tongues, we have to understand a little bit more about prophecy.

The most excellent way to BE The Church and to make the Church better is using the spiritual gift of love.

If you're a Christ-follower you are filled with the Holy Spirit of God, and He, the Holy Spirit, gave you spiritual gifts just as He determined to be used in order to make the Church better.