Hope confronts the brutal facts with unwavering faith. It knows that 1) This too shall pass 2) Its ok to not be ok 3) The obstacle is the way!

Faith is a Muscle - Mark Batterson

The pursuit of faith amidst the storms of life.

Young leaders can increase their influence when they establish patterns in their lives that become examples for others to follow. Be an example in what you say, how you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity. 

Our first reaction when we find ourselves in trial is to seek God for deliverance. But what the book of James teaches is that what is produced from trial is a perfection process. Perfecting does not happen when you get immediate deliverance. It happens in perseverance.

This weekend will be about how we move from anxiety to gratitude. All around us we see the weight, stress, and suffocating effect of "the cares of this world". In his letter to the church at Philippi, Paul gives us a formula for how we can live in the freedom of Christ.

At the end of the day, I want to be famous in my home. Success is when those who know you best respect you most. It starts with the last verse in the last chapter in the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi 4:6. God wants to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children.

We don’t believe in happily EVER after. We believe in something so much better: happily FOREVER after. Don’t seek fifteen minutes of fame. Aim for eternal reward.

Is the gospel just a picture that hangs on the wall? Or does it frame your life? Have you entered the story? God wants to write His story through you!