All I Want for Christmas
December 8, 2022
What if God were asking us to create a wish list for Him this season? What do we really want for Christmas that only God could provide?
Pastor Mark Shupe
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God’s Great Plan
December 1, 2022
The general population certainly were not looking for a King who would be born in a manger, or a Savior who would end up humbly dying on a cross.
The Dance
June 3, 2022
Many people have described our time on earth as like the dance floor of life. Journeying through our lives in a satisfying and beautiful manner necessitates that we accept our God-given role in the dance of life.
No Greater Love
April 16, 2022
God’s love for us was manifested in the death and sacrifice of Christ on the cross where Jesus satisfied and fully appeased the penalty due to us for our sins. This was the ultimate act of love Jesus modeled not only for the disciples, but for everyone.
Not what I will, but what You will
April 14, 2022
Christ asks nothing more from us than what He modeled in the Garden – a loving heart that is fully submitted and surrendered to the heart of our Heavenly Father. That heart posture will truly lead to doing loving acts on behalf of others.
Love One Another
April 12, 2022
The washing of the disciples’ feet certainly was a crowning demonstration of love in action. Jesus had already told His followers that the greatest among them would be their servant and that even He, the Son of God, had come to this earth not to be served, but to serve (see Mark 10:43-45).
Response to World Events
March 5, 2022
In these unsettling times that are intensified by images of death and destruction, how does God want His people to respond?
Condition of the Heart
December 23, 2021
When God asks us to do or to accept the unusual and unexpected that is part of life this side of heaven, how do you respond?
Unexpected
December 16, 2021
Much of life this side of heaven is filled with the unexpected, unplanned and unwanted. Life often does not go as we plan and desire. I don’t see anywhere in Scripture where it says, “then someone had a great plan.” But, the Bible clearly reminds us that God does have a great plan that includes each of us.
Don’t Miss Christmas
December 9, 2021
Christ is still the greatest news ever proclaimed or received. A Savior has been born for you – A Savior who loves you, forgives you, comforts you, and makes something good out of the messiness of life.