This is the church we want to be: Where our words run Godward, the power of God flows downward, and members minister the healing power of God to members. It all happens in prayer.

There's a connection between faith and conscience, and in his epistle to Timothy the apostle Paul teaches us that violating our conscience isn't just something we do; it's something that does something to us.

The topic of forgiveness is a heavy one in any relationship. Especially in the local church. We're commanded to forgive one another; the question is how? And what does that look like?

If there are deficiencies in our diets, our body shows it in all kinds of ways. Many of us live with a confession deficiency, and our spiritual health reveals it. How do we change that together?

God has given us the one thing that we need in order to be able to instruct one another. And if we are to BECOME more like Christ, we must instruct one another.

We all know that it feels good to be encouraged; but do we really know what the command to encourage one another means? And do we know why we need it so much?

Consider deeply the Christian's incomparably glorious New Covenant reality as the author of Hebrews contrasts the old with the new.

Between now and the new creation we all have many burdens to carry. God, in his grace, commands us to share the load with our brothers and sisters. If we're going to make it, we need to listen.

Sometimes it seems like the problem with the world (or the church!) is that people just don't agree with me. But we'll always have to deal with people who don't agree with us. So how do we love those with whom we disagree? We welcome them.

Last week Pastor Julian had us look at John 13:34-35