Belong Church

The power of God is often associated with an highly esteemed individual, but it is not, or even in a group. God wants to be released into everyday situations everyday, and He chose to use everyone of us... not superstars!

As we begin a season of reading one of the Gospels as many times as possible in the next four (4) months, we lay down context of what was in the "silent years" between the book of Malachi and the New Testament. We also look at John the Baptist and Jesus

We are all on the quest of living life, and we often speak of it. Phil 3:10 starts with "that I may KNOW HIM" - KNOWING GOD is the beginning and a continual process!

Last week we looked at how it is NOT What, Who or How you think... that there is an enemy who is seeking someone to "take out." This week continues with that theme as we look at how the enemy lays out traps and tries to trip us up!

Often we get discouraged and sidetracked by what we see, what we think...

We often use terminology that everyone doesn't understand. Each week in the prayer Pastor Kevin often uses the phrase, "I surrender my life..." and this week we look into the meaning.

Unfortunately, the "L" word that is most associated with God and church is legalism... but Jesus came to show us what true love, unrestrained love looks like... and to experience it, then give it!

A popular lesson in Kid's Church, Sunday School and illustrations are that we are "precious in His sight" and it a great, warm and fuzzy feeling. But sometimes, we miss seeing the preciousness of others...

Many times TODAY looks like yesterday, and there is NO HOPE for tomorrow to be different. We may feel stuck, scared or maybe even paralyzed walking through the darkest of valleys... but God is here to give us hope. Ps 25:3 shows us that no one who hopes in (the Lord) will ever be put to shame!

Today is about people with PASTS and PAST REGRETS... which includes... pretty much all of us... God desires for us to continue and not get eliminated because of "missing it!"