Watermark Bible Church, Portsmouth, Virginia

Do you remember when life was simpler? You know, that time when it just seemed that you had the answers to most of life's questions. That is definitely not the case now, in fact it is quite the opposite. Often, life does not make much sense at all as we have so many questions and the answers to those questions just don't seem to be sufficient. The lack of answers can sometimes leave us in a state of confusion. As we continue our journey in the Minor Prophets and begin in the book of Habakkuk, we will see how the prophet has questions that he needs answers. Bring a friend along this Sunday and join us as we look together at this exciting passage of scripture.

This week we wrap up the Minor Prophet of Jonah.

We all want God’s favor and his blessing on our lives. However, sometimes we fail to realize what that favor and blessing often entails. This week we’ll begin looking at the familiar book of Jonah. It’s a story we know well, but some of the lessons from the book can take a while for us to learn. Join us this Sunday as we dig into this most well-known minor prophet. A prophet we often relate to all too well.

Often times in life there are certain things in life that we want so desperately. Then, once we get those things we realize what we wanted isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Join us Sunday morning as Micah pleads with a group of people who have everything they want, but are missing what they truly need. As you read Micah it’s a lot like reading the headlines of the day.

We get back into our study of the Minor Prophets with Micah.

Happy new year Central! As we start off 2022, you might already have a plan of how 2022 is going to go. You might even have some new year’s resolutions already going strong. But what happens when things don’t work out according to plan? What if we find ourselves in the worst-case scenario? We might be tempted to try to work things out on our own or even fold under the pressure. Thankfully, there is another option available to us - we can choose to trust God no matter what circumstances we are going through.

Merry Christmas! I hope you that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of Jesus, his life, and the life he gives.

Christmas is full of celebration and singing, but what would all of that be without the food?!?! Christmas is also a time of feasting around the table with family and friends. And as we ask the question where is Christmas going - we’ll see that it’s headed toward quite the feast.

We’ll all have our favorite Christmas songs. Those songs that you can listen to on repeat this time of the year. Christmas is going to a place where we all have the same favorite song to sing. It’s a song of worship to the only one to receive glory and honor and power and might forever. Our singing looks forward to the grand chorus of creation worshipping our creator.

Christmas is that time of the year when we want everything to be just right. We want to find that perfect gift, throw the perfect party with the perfect decorations. We know it's a season of celebrating, singing, and feasting together and we don't want anything to detract from the joy of the season. Our longing for the "perfect Christmas" is actually an echo of a deeper longing. It's an ache for Jesus to complete in his second coming what he inaugurated in his first. We hope you'll join us at Central this Christmas season as we go through several passages from the book of Revelation. There we will see that the celebrating, singing, and feasting together which began at the first Christmas will continue through all eternity because of the one who was born so long ago, Jesus, will make everything just right.