In Part 3 of the series, “Prepare the Dwelling Place,” Melanie Bertoglio teaches us that worship is our response to who God is and what He has done in our lives.Worship does not have to be music and singing; however, God created music, He enjoys it, and He responds to it. If we want to […]

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While Jesus was on the earth, He was always teaching His disciples to be like Him. He did not live His life as a receiver, but rather as a giver and a doer. The Word says that Christians will be identified by their fruit.  You are unable to “produce” if you go through life as […]

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Psalm 22 states that God is enthroned upon the praises of Israel.Because we are now His people, this means that God is enthroned upon our praises. This means that His presence is made manifest when we praise Him. This presence is different that His indwelling presence or His omnipresence. God’s manifest presence is experienced and […]

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There are three stages of Christianity: Receiving Stage, Transition Stage, and Transformation Stage. In the receiving stage, we are like children who are being fed by others. In the transition stage, we are learning to feed ourselves. And in the Transformation stage, we are feeding ourselves and feeding others. Pastor Ashley teaches us to recognize […]

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From Exodus Chapter 40, Melanie Bertoglio  teaches us about the construction and layout of the tabernacle, the dwelling place of God in the Old Testament. As New Testament believers, each member of the Body of Christ is individually the dwelling place. It is important that we take great care, just as the Israelites did, in […]

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Wade Ford reminds us that just as it was with Elisha and his servant, “there are more with us than with them.” When we go into battle, whatever that may be, we are going in with heaven’s armies on our side, and when it looks like we’re surrounded…we’re surrounded by the army of God. We […]

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Paul’s prayer for the Colossians was that they would have spiritual intelligence, that they would walk in simple obedience, and that the power of God would be manifest in their lives. All of these are things available to the Christian today as they mature in the Lord.

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When God created the world, He did so to make a place for man to dwell so that He could have fellowship with him. He created something so that He could have something. He did not rearrange things already in existence, but rather He made something new. Our human tendency is to rearrange our lives […]

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Pastor Ashley Ellison explores Colossians 1:3-8. In this verse-by-verse study, we learn that Epaphras took the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of Colosse where they: 1) heard the Good News, 2) believed in Jesus, 3) were discipled, and 4) became faithful followers who bore good fruit. The Colossians faced many of the same […]

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Pastor Ashley hosts a panel discussion with four of CMC’s premiere teachers…Youth Pastor Wade Ford, Teacher Deann Daniel, Children’s Pastor Rachel Warren, and CMA Teacher Adam Jones. Each one gives us a specific application of this year’s vision, “Creating a Place.”

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