Pastor Tim continues with his messages on John's first epistle. Among other points, he connects John's gospel with this epistle, highlighting what it means to be the children of God. Are you His child?

What a pleasure to host Kenny and Kim Davis! They ministered in song, preaching and prayer. Accessing real peace is the theme they brought forth today.

How is it that letters written nearly 2000 years ago are still pertinent to our lives today? Today's message examines the truth we need from John's letters

Jesus being One with the Father, us being in Him and our asking in prayer in His name . . . all these are so that the Father be glorified.

The freedoms we share as believers are rooted in the virtues of God.

By Pastor Tim's invitation, one of our own brought the word today to encourage our prayer life. The Scriptures give us many witnesses that God expects us to cry out to Him for ourselves and others. Jesus taught us to be persistent in prayer and to not lose heart. Let's not hide our love. Let's remember where we were and how He saved us and love with His passion.

Pastor Tim gleans lessons from the purposeful and powerful life of Peter after he has received the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. He encourages us to apply these lessons so that we will live our lives on purpose, full of the power of God.

The importance of the ascension of Jesus is magnified, when we realize this enabled the Father to release the Holy Spirit to fill every willing, blood-washed member of Christ's body. When we look at Peter's life before and after the infilling of the Holy Spirit, we can see that this is the difference-maker.

Pastor Tim looks at the life of Peter and compares it to ours. Like a roller coaster, rising high, doing well and then we fail and make sudden drops. How can we get off this roller coaster?

The Ascension of Jesus releases the fulfillment of the Promise of the Father. The Holy Spirit is poured out in power upon the 120 who obeyed His command to remain in Jerusalem. The Church receives the Holy Spirit of God to carry us forward into God's purposes until Jesus fulfills His pledge to return for His church. Until then we are to live in relationship with Him and in obedience to Him. The Holy Spirit is available to you too. You need only to ask.