Life and the Plan of God are often so big that we lose our place.  We forget what we are responsible to do in God’s plan for history.  The result can be that we work to orchestrate our history to our plan and miss God.  Though our part in God’s plan isn’t easy, it doesn’t […]

Most of us don’t think of ourselves as manipulative people but that is not true.  We are always trying to control and plan life to a certain end that we find good.  We do the same with our relationships.  It is normal and wise to try to move events, relationships, and activities to a good […]

The lives of those studied in 1 Samuel are defined by both the sovereignty of God and how they responded to sovereign God’s word.  This is still true today but why can it be so difficult to respond to God’s word in obedience?  Because we try to do it FOR God when God has not […]

It has been observed that everyone is in one of three categories 1)In Pain/Trials 2)Just coming out of Pain/Trial or 3)About to go through Pain/Trial.  Obviously, these are the only choices available and could be said about a number of things.  But this is said to make the point that life is marked by pain, […]

What does it look like when a church lives out her new identity in Christ?  How does this new life practically play out when our schedules are full and our routines are set?  How does the church function to disciple each other and share Christ with the world? Stephen See, Life Group Director of Live […]