Located in Northwest Houston West Houston Church of Christ exists to Seek God, Serve Others and Share Jesus

Hello West Houston!

I hope and pray you are having a wonderful week. Obviously, there has been a tremendous amount of tension in our country the last several months and especially within the last 24 hours. Now what? What do we do now? How should the people of God respond? Answer: we should continue to do the exact same thing that we have been doing (as a church) for the last three months—we must continue to PRAY. Remember to pray for our country, our politicians, political parties, law makers and especially our soon-to-be President. The Bible commands us to pray for “all who are in high positions” (1 Tim. 2:1-2). Most importantly, pray for unity across all groups of people in our Nation. Pray that God would bring us together and heal the hurts and wounds that presently exist in our country. This is the PERFECT day in our Nation’s history to let the fruit of the Spirit shine through your life today! “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Gal. 5:22-23).

Hello West Houston!

I hope and pray you are having a wonderful week. Obviously, there has been a tremendous amount of tension in our country the last several months and especially within the last 24 hours. Now what? What do we do now? How should the people of God respond? Answer: we should continue to do the exact same thing that we have been doing (as a church) for the last three months—we must continue to PRAY. Remember to pray for our country, our politicians, political parties, law makers and especially our soon-to-be President. The Bible commands us to pray for “all who are in high positions” (1 Tim. 2:1-2). Most importantly, pray for unity across all groups of people in our Nation. Pray that God would bring us together and heal the hurts and wounds that presently exist in our country. This is the PERFECT day in our Nation’s history to let the fruit of the Spirit shine through your life today! “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Gal. 5:22-23).

I will be headed to Dallas this Sunday where I will be attending a preaching conference next week—a time of real blessing and spiritual renewal for me and my ministry. Andy Spell has prepared a special message about how the Holy Spirit gives us the power to serve! I know you will be blessed by his teaching this week. I love you all and remember to “pull some weeds” this week and give the Spirit some room to grow in your life! See you soon.

Blessings, Brian

I will be headed to Dallas this Sunday where I will be attending a preaching conference next week—a time of real blessing and spiritual renewal for me and my ministry. Andy Spell has prepared a special message about how the Holy Spirit gives us the power to serve! I know you will be blessed by his teaching this week. I love you all and remember to “pull some weeds” this week and give the Spirit some room to grow in your life! See you soon.

Blessings, Brian

Located in Northwest Houston West Houston Church of Christ exists to Seek God, Serve Others and Share Jesus

Located in Northwest Houston West Houston Church of Christ exists to Seek God, Serve Others and Share Jesus

I hope and pray you are having a great week. I don't know about you, but I am "eagerly awaiting" fall weather and the change of seasons here in Houston. Admittedly I am sometimes impatient when it comes to waiting. Can you relate to this? Do you ever have trouble waiting? They say that patience is a virtue that develops slowly over time, I think they're right. As Christians, we often find ourselves waiting. Have you ever noticed that? Sometimes life feels like a great big waiting game, doesn't it? Waiting for God to come through. Waiting on God to show up. Waiting on God to make things right. Waiting on Christ to return. Waiting on this and waiting on that. Waiting. This week we will continue our sermon series on the Holy Spirit and discover together what role the Spirit plays in all of this. Paul said it this way in Galatians 5:5 "But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope."

Blessings, Brian

I hope and pray you are having a great week. I don't know about you, but I am "eagerly awaiting" fall weather and the change of seasons here in Houston. Admittedly I am sometimes impatient when it comes to waiting. Can you relate to this? Do you ever have trouble waiting? They say that patience is a virtue that develops slowly over time, I think they're right. As Christians, we often find ourselves waiting. Have you ever noticed that? Sometimes life feels like a great big waiting game, doesn't it? Waiting for God to come through. Waiting on God to show up. Waiting on God to make things right. Waiting on Christ to return. Waiting on this and waiting on that. Waiting. This week we will continue our sermon series on the Holy Spirit and discover together what role the Spirit plays in all of this. Paul said it this way in Galatians 5:5 "But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope."

Blessings, Brian

I am looking forward to welcoming Chap Clark to West Houston this Sunday. Chap is an outstanding communicator and will be preaching a powerful message for all of us. As a parent, my deepest desire is to see our three children grow in their relationship with God. Ultimately I want them to experience a faith of their own—learning to rely on the power of the Holy Spirit in good times and bad. Additionally, I believe that the primary context for their faith development is within the local church—our church here at West Houston. Not only do I have this desire for my three kids (seeing them grow with God), but I have the same desire for your kids as well. Research shows that nearly 50% of graduating high school seniors struggle with their faith—many of them walking away from church, God, etc. altogether. However, research has proven that there are things that we (the body of Christ) can do together to help our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren remain committed to a life of faith and service. To that end, we are bringing in Chap Clark (a world renown author and expert in this field) to help us wrestle together with these questions and issues.