Phos Church Messages

I hope you all are doing good, amidst an incredibly difficult week for our nation. As a people, both in our community and all across the country, the need for us to lean into the the promises and love of God is more important and vital than ever!

We are in week 2 of our series, “Reframe: Focusing Our Lives On The Promises Of God”. Over the month of January, we will be looking at some the most profound and life-changing promises and teachings of God and how we can reframe our perspective on life by standing firm in and reacting through these promises. Last week, we talked about not only listening to God and His teachings, but how necessary it is for us to live out those teachings every day. This week we will dive deep into the incredibly life-altering promise and gift that there is ZERO CONDEMNATION for those who are in Christ Jesus!

Alright friends, let’s jump into this!

Hello there friends and Happy New Year!

We, the staff of Phos, love you all so much and truly hope you had a safe and wonderful Christmas holiday with your family and friends. We are so grateful for your all’s deep love for God, for each other, for us, and for your commitment to sharing Jesus with and serving the community. You all are a blessing and we are thankful to walk through life with you!

Goodness, this has been such a challenging year for not only us as a church but for the whole world. With the loss of loved ones, isolation due to the pandemic, and social/political/economic strife, the one big thing that the whole world probably asked Santa for was THE END OF 2020! I mean seriously, have any of us ever been so happy and excited for a new year??? So many people are looking forward to and longing for the new year because it means that the ridiculous mess that has been 2020 will finally be over. And 2021 will be much better, right? I mean, as bad as 2020 was, 2021 has to be better.

Guys, I so hope for your sake and mine that 2021 is going to be better. I hope that we can find some sense of normal, that life calms down, that people’s lives are no long in danger from the illness and that we can truly be together again. But the reality is we have no control over that. It might be better, goodness I hope it is! But it is very likely that this new year will be very much like 2020. So what do we do? We, the church, have to place our hope in something, in someone, that we are sure of. We have to hang our lives on the one thing in the universe that doesn’t change, that doesn’t disappoint us, that will always be there to guide and support us, regardless of good circumstances or bad. We have to lean into God, into His word, into what He has taught us and promised us about Himself and ourselves. And as we stand firmly on Jesus, we gain the stability of Him, not our ever changing circumstances, which allows us to reframe our perspective on our lives and truly react and respond in a way that helps others around us and bring peace and contentment in our own lives.

So over the course of the next several weeks we are going to dive deep into what God has taught us and promised us about Himself, our lives, and the world around us. Alright, let’s start out this new year and jump into Jesus!

It seems this year has been full of bad news. However, we wanted to share some good news from the year with you! If you’re looking for a little hope and encouragement about 2020 and life in general.

Join us online on Christmas Eve at 3 PM for a sweet time in candlelight as we remember welcoming the Light of the world a little over 2,000 years ago.

We are in week 3 of our “Simply Christmas” series, leaning into the different aspects of the celebration of Advent. The word advent means “the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event.” And of course, we celebrate the season of advent because of the arrival of Jesus, who came to bring us hope, joy, love, and peace.

Laura opened up the advent series a couple of weeks ago with the promise of Hope. Last week Julie shared with us her story of seeking and finding Joy in the midst of grief. This week, we will converge around the arrival of Love. Let’s get to it!

The Christmas Story is all about God’ gift of sending his son Jesus to the world. Jesus was the light of the world bringing restoration to the darken world. This story came though His word like Laura talked about last week- this story was a very unlikely story and not what the people of God expected.