In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Polley shares Proverbs 27:21 which speaks of the testing that is brought on by praise. It tests our hearts, but so can the absence of praise. Do you steadily take the absence of praise, with the same trust and gratitude toward God as the times when praise is present?

In this exhortation, Jon Hoglund reminds us of one of the short prayers we found in Psalm 86 last Sunday that calls us to pray beyond ourselves to God’s wider purposes. Do you pray beyond the fenced in yard of your own needs toward God’s glory?

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Schumann encourages us to ask ourselves this rare question when it comes to how we live and the choices we navigate. We cannot be united to Jesus and not united to His people, so we must consider how we can be more like Jesus in this way.

In this exhortation, Deacon Josiah Bennett implores us to live our lives for Christ despite the sacrifices that it may require. All of our lives will one day end. What will your life have been about?

In this exhortation, Pastor Daniel Helstrom reflects on the limitless help God has for us when we come to a point of true surrender in our daily lives.

In this exhortation, Ryan Griffith reminds us that the most important thing about us has to do with Jesus. Our late sister in Christ, Jean Swenson, grasped this with great clarity. She knew she was precious in God’s sight because he loved her. Our value is in God’s love for us, not our own merit.

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Schumann exhorts us to talk lovingly about the church. Is the Christian church perfect? Certainly not. But Jesus has committed himself to the church – his bride. Let’s love, speak well, give grace, demonstrate commitment, and labor in hope for the betterment of the church.

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Polley imagines a team’s conversation after winning the championship game. We may often feel more free to share our failures when a positive outcome is already secured. How much more should we feel this when it comes to confessing our sins?

In this exhortation, on Easter Sunday, Pastor David Mathis reminds us of the magnificence of Easter. Let’s have the greatness of Jesus’s triumph shine against the backdrop of our needs, desperation, and sin. This reminds us of our need to confess our sins.

In this exhortation, Pastor Kevin Kleiman reflects of the haunting question asked in Psalm 42. As humans, we experience seasons of the soul, a variety of emotions and responses to circumstances internally and externally. It’s good to be curious about these emotions, like the psalmist. But Psalm 42 doesn’t stop here. There’s a turn.