Aaron Wagner
JD Small
Rest because you're not God

In Genesis 1, our story opens up with our creator going through movements and rhythms of work. Making the days, nights, oceans, galaxies, filling the former void with the textures of mountains and animals of sky and land to move about. He creates all of this and with each movement, he steps back to say, "this is good."

Rest because you're not God
Ernest Smith, Local Church, Ministry
JD Small
Everyone has a bucket list...

Everyone has a bucket list. You know, a list of items you want to do or accomplish before you “kick the bucket”. Whether you have written these things down or have just said to a friend “I would like to do ____ before I die”, all of us have a bucket list.

Everyone has a bucket list...
Andrew Nemeth, Discipleship, Sermon on the Mount
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Sermon on the Mount PT. 5

Near the end of the sermon on the mount, Jesus makes this statement and I can only imagine the shock that it sent through the crowd.

Sermon on the Mount PT. 5
David Purvis, Sermon on the Mount, Discipleship
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Sermon on the Mount PT. 4

Then He goes on to say that loving those that love you is without reward. The reward comes when we love those that do not love us.

Sermon on the Mount PT. 4
Paula Clodfelder, Sermon on the Mount, Discipleship
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Sermon on the Mount PT. 3

The idea of just choosing not to worry was not even a possibility because I was truly drowning in emotions beyond my control.

Sermon on the Mount PT. 3

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I Love the Local Church...

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I Love the Local Church...

I love the local church because it is a place where I can be real.  A place where I can be healed.  A place where I can grow.  A place where I can lead.  Don't get me wrong, the local church isn't made up of saints, but it is (hopefully) made up of people who have decided to follow Jesus, and in following Jesus, they start to look and act more like him as they grow.