Nobody got through 2020 completely unscathed. We all lost something or someone last year. Even just the idea of stability, of waking up knowing what to expect, was taken away from all of us. It's understandable then that our thoughts and conversations so often turn to everything we've lost.

And yet that healthy lamenting can quickly turn into a blinding obsession, putting up blinders to all that we have been given, too. That's where the Gospel can transform our minds and hearts. It doesn't mean we forget the tragic losses, it means we grieve those and also rejoice in the hope and live abundant that Jesus has for us.

Lead Pastor Chad Allen is officially kicking off our new series in Ephesians today and emphasis for the year - the power of preaching the Gospel to ourselves!