Life expects us to run 24/7 just to keep up. The truly efficient people fit 25 hours into their 24 hour days. It’s exhausting just thinking about what is on your calendar next week. God challenges us to rethink that pace, and remind us that we are not built to always be tired, but to rest in him.

Guest speaker and missionary Gary Dawson shares his experiences in seeing God at work bringing a lost world to the knowledge of God's great love among the Yanomamo.

You wonder at the loss of a loved one, after a hard conversation, when tragedy strikes. God where are you when it hurts? What if I told you that God is far closer than you might think in those moment of hurt and pain?

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Sometimes things are not as they seem. Jesus reminds us that our faith in God does not rely on outward appearances, but on the heart work that goes into our faith. Are we focused and driven by the appearance of being a Christian, or living a transformed life?

Some people don’t seem to ever get a break. Rain falls on their parade, they miss the bus, and never get picked for the team. Jesus speaks to the church in Philadelphia, an underdog, to remind them that He will give them the strength they need to make it through the challenges that lie ahead. The choice between two ways to live, two views of what it means to be a human in this world.

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Few people want to experience hard times, much less know they are coming. If we are honest though we realized that at some point all of life will not be rainbows and unicorns. Smyrna's letter is their pep talk to get them ready for some rough waters ahead.

VBS 2014 - Changed: Training to be the Ultimate Superhero

When you start dating you talk on the phones for hours, can't wait to spend every waking moment together, and then you get married and it changes. Where did the spark go?