VBS is Coming! VBS is Coming!
I love Vacation Bible School. Always have, from my earliest memo-ries as a VBS student, through every year I have been involved as a helper or leader. There is an element of inconvenience, no doubt, with the time commitment and all, but it remains a summer high-light. This church invests thousands of dollars and hundreds […]
We Are Comforted So That We Can Bring Comfort
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.2 Corinthians 1:3-4 These two […]
We all have needs
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for […]
There’s never an excuse for not doing what He has called us to do
I write this on the second day of spring, the second day of what is known as Holy Week, and the day after a wonderful Palm Sunday service. During the service a powerful prophetic exhortation was shared. The word contained encouragement and correction, and certainly there was more than one application, but the takeaway for […]
The Greater Our Suffering Now, the More We Will Appreciate the Return of Christ
March is the month spring officially arrives. You never know what it’s going to be like, especially here in central Illinois, but the thought of springtime is a welcome one for most people. Even the weird ones, like me, who love snow and cold, have a hard time not getting excited about lengthening days and […]