Posts with the category “excite”

This weekend we celebrate Resurrection Sunday, or Easter, to commemorate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead three days after His crucifixion. Why did Jesus come to earth, live a perfect sinless life, a...  Read More

Holy Week begins with Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1–11), known as Palm Sunday, where crowds of people exclaimed Hosanna! They said, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he wh...  Read More

Persecution - is the mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms of persecution are religious and racism. Actions of persecution could include imprison...  Read More

Salvation is a free gift from God resulting from your trust that Christ Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross was sufficient payment for your sin (Romans 6:23, 1 John 1:9). Once you accept that free gift, yo...  Read More

Who has not faced temptation? We ALL have faced it one time or another. Your temptations may be different than mine, but we all face it. Temptation in itself is not a sin. It’s going past that “line” ...  Read More

Doubt – the definition is a mental state in which the mind remains suspended between two or more contradictory propositions, and is uncertain about them. On an emotional level is indecision between be...  Read More

As the 2024 presidential election season is set to begin in earnest on Monday, January 15th with the Iowa Caucuses, know that God is still in control and on His throne. Remember that Scripture teaches...  Read More

What does Sacrificial Love mean?Remember back when Abraham took Isaac up to Mt. Mirah to sacrifice him to The Lord as he was commanded to? BUT God intervene & placed a ram in the thicket that ended up...  Read More

The Gospel means GOOD NEWS!!Luke 2:9-10An angel of The Lord appeared to them, and the glory of The Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bri...  Read More

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). At Christmas time we celebrate the birth of C...  Read More

Sin is both an incredibly familiar and an incredibly uncomfortable topic. Although, "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," no one really like to acknowledge the sin in their own life, m...  Read More

We should be thankful that Christ WILLINGLY gave His life for us so that we can have access to heaven IF we believe and accept Jesus.Another way to show our thanks to God:Hebrews 12:28 - Since we are ...  Read More

Christian Salvation is about being delivered or saved from God’s fair punishment of sin. God is love and an important component of love is justice. God’s justice means He must punish sin; it means He ...  Read More

Patience is one of those character traits that everyone values and wants to have, but no one likes to have to use. There's a joke that you should never pray for patience because God will give you situ...  Read More

Last week I was preparing for an epic hunting and fishing trip in Wyoming with old buddies. As I prepared for the trip, I anticipated good times with old friends, the stalking and eventual harvest of ...  Read More

Commitment - the state or quality of being dedicated to a causeChrist committed His life to His Father.Jesus stated in John 8:29….For I do always those things that please Him.Christ has also made a co...  Read More

What does it mean to be justified? Essentially, it means to be made right. To move from a place of guilt and sin to a place of RIGHTeousness. We were, we are, in the wrong, and God has taken the steps...  Read More

Repentance is a change of mind that results in a seeking of the Lord with all your heart. The concept of repentance is not new to the New Testament. In 2 Chronicles 7:14, God told King Solomon that “i...  Read More

John 15:10-11. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you,...  Read More

Wisdom is valuable and elusive, but what is it? Is it just combined experience and knowledge resulting in understanding such that it leads to living a successful life? In a worldly sense, that definit...  Read More

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; against such things there is no law. -- Galatians 5:22-23For God gave us a Spi...  Read More

Fruit salad!It's delicious, right? Who doesn't love a great fruit salad? (If you don't, just pretend that you do for now.) What makes fruit salad so fantastic is the mix of fruit. It's not a just a bo...  Read More

Love my neighbor? Who is my neighbor? Are they the people that live on each side of me? Or in my tight circle of friends? The answer is yes.......and EVERYONE else!We are called to love & love uncondi...  Read More

The meaning of benevolence is the “disposition to do good; kindliness; any act of kindness.” This is one of the things that God has always required of His people. Leviticus 19:9-10 tells us “When you ...  Read More

It has been said that grace is getting something that you do not deserve. It is undeserved favor, an unearned wage or gift."For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doi...  Read More

Stewardship: The conducting, supervising, or managing of something, especially : the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care.So, stewardship is taking care of things gi...  Read More

GO..."GO therefore and make disciples of all nations..." -- Matthew 28:19a"...GO into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation." -- Mark 16:15b"And I heard the voice of the Lord say...  Read More

What is church? It’s not a building! It’s not a club! It’s not a performance! A church can be described as a gospel community or family, where people gather to be remade by God’s word.The people that ...  Read More

Prayer should be an important part of every believer’s life, yet most believers feel that their prayer life is lacking. There are many questions about prayer: Whom do I pray to? Where do I pray? When ...  Read More

A desire God has given X Factor Church is to reach the neighborhoods that surround us with the Gospel. How do we, as a church, do that? Romans 10:17 tells us that "faith comes from hearing, and hearin...  Read More

You are probably familiar with the Great Commission from Matthew 28:19-20:19  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizingthem in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the HolySpir...  Read More

From a biblical point of view, faithfulness can be described in at least two ways—as an attribute of God and as spiritual fruit of Christian maturity. Faithfulness is being steadfast, unwavering, and ...  Read More

1 John 1:9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.Wow, what a comforting word in forgiveness. Doesn’t matter what we have do...  Read More

What is Shepherding? What does a Shepherd do? The word ‘Pastor’ in Ephesians 4:11 is the greek word poimēn which, when translated means, ‘shepherd’. Shepherding has never been glamorous work, and neit...  Read More

"Train up a child in the way he should go;even when he is old he will not depart from it."-- Proverbs 22:6You may be reading this and thinking "I don't have kids, so this doesn't apply to me" and you'...  Read More

There are two biblical offices of the church, Deacons and Elders. Elders are the Pastors or Shepherds of the church and are focused on teaching, preaching, prayer, and shepherdingꟷthe spiritual matter...  Read More

“even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”” -- Matthew‬ ‭20‬:‭28‬ Why should you serve? A simple one word reason, because.Because The One w...  Read More

Giving is one of those topics that no one wants to really talk about. It can be uncomfortable. How do you know what the "right" thing to say is. But, Jesus wasn't afraid to talk about it. He wasn't af...  Read More