The great prophet Elijah experiences one of the most magnificent displays of God's power on earth, but then quickly hits rock bottom as despair and depression overwhelm him. God meets him in his darkness and restores him.

God invites us to cast our anxieties and burdens on him. In the story of David, we find the man after God's own heart expressing his unfiltered emotions to God, and God meets him in his loneliness.

God will come to us even in our darkest hour and make a way back to him. Like Jonah in the belly of the whale, even when we hit rock bottom in our disobedience and anger, God still pursues and rescues us.

The love of Jesus overcomes fear.

We can experience joy no matter what discouragement we may be going through.

Jesus is the Prince of Peace, even when the winds blow and the storms swirl.

The first of four advent sermons.

Sowing love into your own life and others' lives is a tiring but important part of the Christian walk. We should live our lives to love God and to love others. God frees us from isolation.