There’s a lot of similarity to how the virus and vaccine walks through humanity and how sin and the Savior walk through humanity. There is a very real virus of sin. 100% of humanity is affected and the death rate is 100% in this life and the life to come. The virus means I am a sinner and I will die. I can say I have good news, and the response is similar to that of a vaccine. It is not good news if I don’t trust Jesus. Just another religion.

There’s a lot of similarity to how the virus and vaccine walks through humanity and how sin and the Savior walk through humanity. There is a very real virus of sin. 100% of humanity is affected and the death rate is 100% in this life and the life to come. The virus means I am a sinner and I will die. I can say I have good news, and the response is similar to that of a vaccine. It is not good news if I don’t trust Jesus. Just another religion.

The focus of this meal is bread and wine, the body and blood. The product of a broken body and spilled blood is fellowship, a new intimacy with God and with others. Did you catch that, and others? This body and blood does not just produce a righteous relationship with God, but also a new family of God. Jesus saw past the suffering and saw us relating with His Father and each other in a new covenant of love.

The focus of this meal is bread and wine, the body and blood. The product of a broken body and spilled blood is fellowship, a new intimacy with God and with others. Did you catch that, and others? This body and blood does not just produce a righteous relationship with God, but also a new family of God. Jesus saw past the suffering and saw us relating with His Father and each other in a new covenant of love.

If you missed last week, I really encourage you to go back and listen. I mean really encourage you, otherwise you won’t grasp the significance of today. Last week I suggested, I might even say, proved, that we are walking around on empty. So, if we are exhausted, what should we do? This isn’t rocket science. Rest! If we’d let Him, God would lead us right to reenergized, refueled, and ready to go.

If you missed last week, I really encourage you to go back and listen. I mean really encourage you, otherwise you won’t grasp the significance of today. Last week I suggested, I might even say, proved, that we are walking around on empty. So, if we are exhausted, what should we do? This isn’t rocket science. Rest! If we’d let Him, God would lead us right to reenergized, refueled, and ready to go.

Empty is real. Its impact is real, and I do think knowing, acknowledging this is a part of the battle. I think sometimes as Christians it can be even harder to acknowledge this because there is this faulty idea that we aren’t supposed to struggle. We don’t hit empty. We don’t get depressed. I mean if I am strong in the Lord, that would never happen, right? Why not?

Empty is real. Its impact is real, and I do think knowing, acknowledging this is a part of the battle. I think sometimes as Christians it can be even harder to acknowledge this because there is this faulty idea that we aren’t supposed to struggle. We don’t hit empty. We don’t get depressed. I mean if I am strong in the Lord, that would never happen, right? Why not?

When you are a part of The Heights, you are a part of a family that gives, and God blesses that. God blesses giving. God blesses faith. God blesses obedience. 2020 really helped me appreciate what a giving church we are, and that positions us to be blessed, to be given even greater opportunity for the Lord.

When you are a part of The Heights, you are a part of a family that gives, and God blesses that. God blesses giving. God blesses faith. God blesses obedience. 2020 really helped me appreciate what a giving church we are, and that positions us to be blessed, to be given even greater opportunity for the Lord.