Pathways Church | Messages

It's amazing how God can speak even when we don't realize it. Early one morning Bart Millard woke up, frustrated over his immediate circumstances He began to write in his journal. Those words became the lyrics to one of the most moving MercyMe songs ever recorded. They remind us just how important God's word is in our lives.

Join us for a week of personal reflection and challenge as we look back at the first few weeks of the "Faith Strong" series.

Blake Shelton recently released a song that mostly stayed below the radar, "Bible Verses". When discussing the song, Blake said, "there are times you feel like you just don't measure up. 'Bible Verses' is an honest take on that conflict but, without preaching too much, it's hopeful that everything will all work out in the end.” It seems society today would love to dismiss the Bible as some relic of the past. The question is, "have those efforts worked?"

On April 21st, in the year 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez sailed into the harbor of Vera Cruz, Mexico. He brought with him only about 600 men, and vastly numbered they would face Montezuma and the Aztec empire. Cortez knew from the very beginning that he and his men faced incredible odds. And so, as soon as Cortez and his men had come ashore and unloaded their provisions, he ordered their entire fleet of eleven ships destroyed. His men stood on the shore and watched as their only possibility of retreat burned and sank.

Have you ever visited your childhood home, after years of being away? The House and block that use to feel so big now seems so small. Things look different, as we go through different stages in our lives. As we mature our perspective changes.

The desire of God's heart, is to draw us into a relationship that is built around absolute perfect confidence.

The treacherous thing about camels is that they will walk a thousand miles with seemingly endless endurance, giving you little indication they are about to collapse. This describes many people in our world today, at any moment, one more trial will bring their demise.

In the sport of NASCAR there are individual drivers for every race car and for every driver there is a spotter. On their own, a race car driver is more likely to crash| but with the help of a spotter they are able to avoid some costly accidents.

“What if you knew for sure that you had limited time? How would live out that time? What things would you do? What would matter enough to focus on and what would suddenly become unimportant?

A Safari is an all encompassing experience. One may think that a trip to Africa is simply just that, a trip, a vacation. However, until one actually arrives and falls into the experience, one cannot understand the deep impact it has on your mind, body and soul.