Sometimes our prayer life seems listless and empty. But God is inviting us to go deeper in our relationship with Him through prayer. As we walk with God, we experience the fullness of life that He wants to give to us through Jesus.

Sometimes we take prayer for granted, and then we infrequently or only in times of great need. But when we become aware of God's openness and readiness to hear and answer our prayers, we are more likely to pray. God opens doors for us when we pray. And when He does that, our part is to walk through those open doors.

We may think that serving in the church is best left to a gifted core of volunteers. But God has given each of us a gift to serve in 1 of 5 main roles. As we serve in the way God has gifted us, our life has more meaning, purpose and richness.

Becoming the person that God envisions us to be will require that we learn to lead & learn well.  That is challenging because different styles of leading are required at different stages of the learning process. By following Jesus & learning from the way He led, we help fulfill the mission He gave us of helping make disciples from all nations.

All of us have three different kinds of relationships: an Up relationship with God, In relationships with the people with whom we share our life, and Out relationships with the wider community. But we tend to be weak in one kind of relationship, resulting in a life that is flat & out of balance. Jesus came to give us a rich, full life and he is the One who brings balance to our relationships.

Failure to function as God designed us can lead to burnout or a wasted life. But with a life-giving rhythm of rest and work that is anchored in and attuned to Jesus, our life can be sustainably fruitful.

Following Jesus can seem like drudgery if we don’t learn from Jesus and pattern our life after His. But by using the Kairos Circle when special moments happen in our lives, we can more fully follow Jesus and an abundant life with Him.

Sometimes there are bad things that happen in life with no apparent redemptive quality. Yet God the Son came into this world for times just like these. For when it seems that all is lost, with Jesus, we always have the consolation that he is God-with-us.

On our own, we are unable to see beyond this finite existence & when we encounter unsurmountable challenges, it can feel like darkness is closing in around us. But Jesus is the Light of the World who came to show us that there is more to life than what we are living right now.

Though we often trust in other things to save ourselves, what we have & our hopes and dreams for the future, God sends us signs, large and small, to invite us into a deeper relationship with him. Because of his greatest sign, the gift of Jesus, we can trust that God loves and accepts us just as we are.