Guest preacher and director of EMU International encourages you to ask yourself, "Why am I here?" People throughout the centuries have struggled with this question. Yet, even after all this time, people still struggle to find an adequate answer. But why do people look to themselves for the answer? In the shortest chapter in the Bible, we find the answer.

Last week Pastor Tim discussed what joy is. Today, he explores what we can do to actually cultivate joy in our lives. That may seem odd, but we actually have control over how much joy we experience. And we do that not by following certain steps, but by changing our focus and understanding to match that of the Bible. 

In this part of the account of the burning bush, God reveals himself to Moses by giving his name: "I AM WHO I AM." But what does he mean by that? Additionally, God reveals His plan to Moses which will lead to Israel's deliverance out of Egypt.

The Bible commands us to rejoice at all times. But isn't that naïve? After all, don't we have justifiable reasons to be stressed, anxious, and sometimes depressed? Don't we have good reason to complain when things that are going wrong? Even though there are many things in life that may legitimately be going wrong, we cannot deny that we are God's Word tells us to rejoice always. So why and how can we have joy when the world around us seems to be falling apart?

Today we come to one of the most known passages in the Bible: Moses and the burning bush. From the beginning of this account, we can't help but wonder why God chose Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt. Was there anything special about Moses and Israel? Were they a particularly godly? Or was there some other reason driving the Lord's purposes? 

Do you live your life like you're in the middle of a war? That might seem like a strange question, but the Bible makes it clear that we are constantly engaging in spiritual warfare. Your awareness of this fact very well could explain why you're either living a victorious Christian life or falling back into the same sin again and again. In light of this, Paul gives us some strategies to help us daily walk through this life.

Many of us assume that God cannot use us because either our past or current situation. If that were the case, Moses would have certainly been disqualified to be used in God's plan. After killing a man, he flees to a foreign country, assuming that he would live out his life as a nomad and an outlaw. Yet, if we are familiar with the Bible, we know how essential Moses was. 

What is the 'day of the Lord' and what will it be like? Many people in our day and age, even Christians, don't think about it often. But is that wise? If the day of the Lord is what the Bible says it is, how then should we live?

Moses is born. If you know the rest of the story, this event is the turning point that changes the course of Israel's time in Egypt. Our familiarity with the story may actually prevent us from seeing God's hand behind it and a correlation to another familiar story from mankind's early history.

Hell is a difficult doctrine, and one that we often avoid talking about. In fact, many Christians have decided to disregard it all together. So why should we believe it? To start, Jesus did. And since he did, how must we think about it and live?