Determining God's will can be difficult. God reveals Himself through His word, His Spirit, and His people. However, through discernment, humility, and patience we can confidently commit our ways to the Lord and trust Him to work all things together for His glory and our good.

When we look to the past it’s to learn from it and be thankful for God’s grace. When we look to the future it’s be alert to it and ask for God’s grace. Both of those things happen in the present and are dependent on God’s grace. So, let’s fight good fights. Run the race God has us running. Keep the faith to the end.

It’s no accident that God’s people are constantly on the move in the Scriptures. Some of the greatest lessons we learn in life come from His calling us to new places and new things. Through the unfamiliar we are forced to trust God, see through different lenses, become open to the new. . God's calling us from where we are to where he wants us to be and it’s in the process of following that we are changed.

The promise from God’s Word to us right now today, no matter what we’re worried about or scared of, is this: A mindset that leans on God as an everlasting rock of support will be watched over by God and kept in an infinite, calm, posture of rest. Now that’s a promise!

The greatest evidence of God’s power is His ability to change sinful hearts and lives into conformity to the image of Jesus Christ. The transformation of individual lives. Resistance to that power comes from stubborn and unbelieving hearts. Receiving that power happens as submissive believing hearts trust Jesus Christ.

Everything Christians believe and do should be rooted in the Bible. We need to be careful that what we believe and do is thoroughly studied and understood before applying. We can do this while staying open to the Spirit's prerogative and power.

We feel that if we want to make a difference in the world we need to be impressive and attractive and powerful and competent. And the image a servant doesn’t convey any of those things. Today we learn several characteristics of God's view of greatness.

"Discipleship” is a church word that is heard a lot but that doesn’t mean we know what it means. Discipleship is an informal behind the scenes character training experience where one person works with one or a few in the living out of the Christian life and ministry. Who are you discipling? Who is discipling you?

That Jesus came to save is the essence of His life and his message. His first impression to the world! The word of salvation is God’s first word to us through the personal name of His Son.

God has been surprising people for 2000 years in the way He gave His Son to the world. And for 2000 years humanity has been responding. How do you respond to the person of Jesus Christ?