Why doesn’t God speak to me? Concerned people ask that. “I wait and I wait to hear God’s voice, but it never comes. Why doesn’t God speak to me?” Have you ever wondered that?Long ago, God told his people, “Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” (Jeremiah 23:28).I hope you can listen to this short devotion about how God speaks to you every time you read and hear his Word.God bless you!

Does it feel like you have nothing? Maybe even like you are nothing? As strange as it might sound, that’s all you need: Nothing. What do you need for God to love you? Nothing. What do you need to bring to the table for God to save you? Nothing. Because it’s all by God’s grace. In fact, it’s often only when a person has nothing that they finally see Jesus. God wants you to know his grace. Sometimes God takes everything else away, so that you stop trusting in your health or your money or your relationships. So that you have nothing. Why? So that you can see his grace to you in Jesus. I hope you can listen to this sermon: “Having Nothing, Yet Possessing Everything.” Jesus loves you!

“Honor your father and mother” (Exodus 20:12). For some, the 4th Commandment seems like common sense. For others, the 4th Commandment seems downright impossible: “What if they don’t deserve it?” God wants all of us to see that honoring those in authority is simply an extension of honoring him. Long ago, David’s trust in God’s control and his patience with God’s plan led him to honor even wicked King Saul. David’s great descendent–Jesus–even allowed the wicked authorities of his day to put him to death, but it was all part of God’s plan to win salvation for us. How we treat those in authority is a direct reflection of what we think of God himself. I hope you can listen to this Lenten sermon on the 4th Commandment: “Honor Your Father and Mother.” God bless you!

What is Lent? Many Christians observe a 40-day season of repentance in the spring, leading up to Good Friday and Easter. Why? What is Lent?Lent is focused on this encouragement from the Bible: “Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2)I hope you can listen to this short devotion about the blessing of fixing our eyes on Jesus during the 40 days of Lent.God bless you!

What is Ash Wednesday? That’s a strange name for a day, isn’t it? What is Ash Wednesday about, and what does it have to do with ashes?Long ago, God told Adam in the Garden of Eden: “For dust you are and to dust you will return” (Genesis 3:19).I hope you can listen to this short devotion about why it’s good to think about dust and ashes and about what God is really looking for in our lives.Jesus loves you!

What is love? Picture Paul with a bag of candy hearts. One by one he reads them off: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails” (1 Corinthians 13:1-13). That’s love. Doesn’t that sound good? Don’t you want a love like that? You can only find it in one place: Jesus. I hope you can listen to this sermon about love: “Love Never Fails.” Jesus loves you!

What if I don’t feel loved? What if I don’t feel wanted or cherished? Isn’t it hard to look at everyone else’s relationships and feel left out? Alone? What if I don’t feel loved?God wants you to hear this: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness” (Jeremiah 31:3).I hope you can listen to this short devotion about God’s everlasting and unfailing love for you. You are loved. You are cherished.Jesus loves you!

What if I don’t feel saved? What if I feel guilty and anxious and afraid? Do you struggle with that? Many Christians do. What if I don’t feel saved?The Bible has a beautiful answer: “If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything” (1 John 3:20).I hope you can listen to this short devotion about turning away from our hearts and finding peace in God and his sure salvation through faith in Jesus.God bless you!Pastor Nathan

Many of you feel pain today. Satan wants to use that pain to drive you away from God. God wants to use that pain to drive you to Jesus. Why? “When I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10). Some of you today are facing heartbreak in relationships. What someone has said or done feels like it’s ruining your life. Satan wants to use those thorns to drive you to despair. God wants to use those thorns to lead you to the cross. Why? There is One who was falsely accused for you, so that nothing can separate you from the love of God. All of us face troubles in life that make us feel powerless. Why? So that we take to heart God’s promise: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). I hope you can listen to this sermon about the thorns of life: “God’s Grace Is Sufficient.” Jesus loves you!

Are you sure? You might say, “About what?” About anything. Isn’t it hard to be sure about anything? We are trained to doubt everything. This is dangerous. Our culture of doubt is dangerous. Without being able to trust someone or something, everything is going to fall apart. Do you know who’s plan that is? Satan’s. He wants us to doubt everything, so that we eventually doubt God himself. But you can be sure about something: The Bible. “No prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:16-21). The Bible is the sure Word of God. I hope you can listen to this sermon about the Bible: “The Sure Word.” Jesus loves you!