The Connection Church

There is a difference between fate and destiny. 

Fate is predetermined outcomes set by outside forces, while destiny is a journey you are called to join but have a choice of whether or not you will accept the calling.

Destiny is God's purpose for you. It's your appointed and ordained future into what God has called you to become.  

There are promises, goals, and dreams that God has placed in your heart. You didn’t come up with them on your own. Those aren’t just your desires; God put them there. The “secret petitions of your heart” are the things you dream about, that you haven’t told anyone. They seem too big, too far out. That’s your Destiny Calling. That’s God telling you what you can become.

Join us for the conclusion of our sermon series, Hope in God!

Do you know the way to deal with discouragement? It’s not numbing our sense of sorrow but rather setting it in right relationship to God. In God alone, we find the peace we need. He alone gives life. 

At times, our lives can touch a deep place of despair, which results in feeling distanced from God.

But instead of surrendering to those feelings, we can hope in God.

Join us as we look at Psalm 42.

Isn't it wonderful that our God is a shelter, fortress, and refuge? When we dwell in The Secret Place, we discover all this about God and more. Join us as Pastor TJ concludes this sermon series on Psalm 91.

Join us as we continue looking into the richness of Psalm 91.

Psalm 91 is about a trusting and faithful person who affirms their status as safe and secure even during a time of calamity and distress. 

We serve a God who is a shelter, fortress, refuge, and more. 

For the believer, this status all begins in The Secret Place.

Back in the day, Michael Jordan was almost universally known as the greatest of all time in college and professional basketball. 

When the game was on the line and there was only one shot left to win, you wanted the ball in Jordan’s hands. 

He was going to make sure his team won.

The final words of Christ on the cross are words expressing full trust: 

“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” 

What a powerful moment when all the results of what happens next are put into the hands of someone else! 

Jesus had full confidence that His Father would “make the shot.” 

He trusted not only that His Father would not let Him decay in a tomb, but He would win eternity for everyone who puts the ball in His hands. 

Whose hands are you putting your life into with full trust?

This is Palm Sunday, when we remember and celebrate the day Jesus entered Jerusalem as Savior and King. 

The disciples who followed His instructions that day set into motion the greatest events ever recorded in history.

It was An Act of Trust.