As one year comes to a close and a new year begins, we begin to ask questions about how we have grown in our walk with Christ in the past year, and how we would like to grow in the year to come. This isn't about making "resolutions" - it is about setting goals and depending on the One who can do "far more abundantly than all we ask or think."

Christmas Eve Eve Service

Followers of Jesus have a dual citizenship - one on earth, and one in heaven. Our heavenly citizenship must be paired with heavenly conduct. We are called to live as Christ, not as revolutionaries

Followers of Jesus have been transformed by Jesus' sincere, brotherly, earnest, and pure love - a love we do not deserve, but has been graciously offered to us. Our responsibility is to demonstrate that same kind of love to our brothers and sisters in Christ. File Downloads: https://machias.org/df_media/W1siZiIsIjIwMjAvMTEvMDkvMTIvMjEvNTAvMjIwNGUxM2EtYTVkYi00Y2NlLTg3MTAtM2VjODc5MDM1ZWQwLzIwMTUgMDcgMjYgc3RldmUubXAzIl1d/2015%2007%2026%20steve.mp3?sha=ebb0b098d8fa4bd2

The question is not whether we will face hardship; the question is how will we respond to it? In this passage, we find that hope is secured and guaranteed by the perfect, finished work of Christ.

Life is filled with grief, trials, and tests, but the gospel of Jesus is greater than our suffering. In this passage, we are reminded that in Christ, we have an eternal hope, and that hope is greater than our temporary circumstances.