This week, Pastor Ben teaches what it means to take on the leadership roles that God has given to us.  While we may not have a formal position of leadership, we need to look around to see the people that look to us for guidance.  We need to take these relationships and steer people toward Christ.

The parable of the sower and the seeds is often used to prepare us for reactions that we will receive from people in the world when we try to show them to love of Jesus.  This week, Pastor Doug challenges us to examine our hearts as soil.  We need to be willing to put in the hard work to soften our hearts to be fruitful for Christ.

God has given us many things in life so we can enjoy His creation.  What if we were put in this time and place not just to enjoy what He has given to us, but to bring glory to Him?  This week, Pastor Doug asks us to consider that we should find pleasure in prioritizing our day around bringing glory to Jesus, instead of prioritizing the day in finding pleasure.

This week Pastor Doug speaks out the fragility of our lives. Human life is a fragile thing, Pastor Doug implores us to accept that fact and to share the love of God with the fragile world.

This week, Pastor Doug takes us through the idea of prayer.  There really is no special formula to speak with God.  Prayer is to come from a relationship.  We pray privately to grow that relationship with God.  We pray with each other to grow in relationship with the rest of the body.

As we begin a new series this week, Pastor Ben takes us through the idea of reading and studying the Bible.  We look at why the Bible is so important, as well as a technique to understand what God is trying to teach us as we get into His word.

After we have received those blessing we had asked from God, it is in our nature to move on to the next thing we have going on in our lives.  This week, Pastor Doug explains the importance of stopping to remember that God is to get the glory, since all things are from Him and through Him already.

This week, Pastor Doug shows us that we need to live a life that is reflective of the fact that all things all through God.  We need to be connected to Him at all times in order to be in a position to help others.  He has promised to take care of us.  We are called to be strong in prayer, and to have faith in His promises.

As we begin a new calendar year, it is typical to look ahead at how we want to be better in the future.  We are called to not be anxious about those things that God has promised to take care of for us.  Taking this anxiety away gives us freedom to take care of the things that truly matter.  In order to live with this freedom, we need to know that all we have comes from God.  A heart of thanksgiving will replace our worries for tomorrow with trust in Him.