Generosity begins with God. He is so good and generous to us! His generosity births and grows our gratitude. But gratitude is not neutral. It is powerful. Gratitude opens our eyes and helps us see and experience the even greater generosity of God that can heal our soul. Gratitude helps us seek and engage God […]

There is no act of generosity more comprehensive and powerful than the gift of service. Service is the one act where we are generous with everything – our time, our resources, our abilities, our very person. In service we give ourself! Jesus says of himself that his very reason for coming to our world was […]

Living in America, we are more than blessed. In comparison to the whole world, we are rich. But we forget that our wealth is not for our benefit alone. As we follow Jesus, we get to use this wealth, which belongs to God, to make a difference by sharing and giving and doing good. The […]

We all have a gift we can give any time to anyone and it’s totally free to give – words of encouragement. The Bible commands us to encourage one another and build each other up. Being generous with words that encourage and build up not only gives life to the person receiving the words but […]

We typically think of prayer as asking. That’s what most of our prayer is most of the time. And it’s fine. The Bible invites us to ask. We know how to pray that kind of prayer. But we need to add to our prayer habit a greater emphasis on giving thanks. Before we can be […]

We need to learn to focus on our great God who is all-powerful and intimately involved in the details of our lives. If we understand just how great God is, our prayers will reflect that.

Maybe the most powerful of all prayer is the prayer when we offer to give our will over to the will of God. We think we know what we want and what’s best and we are free to ask for those things for sure. But more often, what’s best is not what we think we […]

The best, most satisfying and healthy relationships have the ability to communicate clearly, openly, and consistently. The more we talk in good ways, the deeper the relationship. This is absolutely true of our relationship with God as well. Prayer is an essential aspect of a truly deep and satisfying relationship with God that results in […]

We believe that Jesus is the hope of the world and that the local church is the main way God wants to bring that hope to our world. He wants to use the church to bring life-giving transformation to neighborhoods through the church. So for real change to happen in people and communities in our […]

After we work through all the questions of the skeptics and doubters, we come to his final matter. Jesus claimed to be God. There is verifiable evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and is alive. So either Jesus is a liar and an incredible trickster, or just plain crazy, or he is who he […]