The God of Many Names Pastor Rachael Deuteronomy 10:17 NIV - For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. A name is a major part of someone’s identity. The Israelites were surrounded by people who believed in many gods. These gods and goddesses exhibited all the human vices, but supposedly had much greater power. These deities were invoked easily and often. Over time, belief in one Go

The Meek will Inherit the Land Pastor Ken Psalm 37:8-11 (NIV) Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil. For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land. A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity. Psalm 37 addresses the frustration which stems from witnessing the nice guy finish

March 30th, 2026 Pastor Ken Matthew 9:36 (NIV) When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Sometimes the Bible uses graphic terminology to communicate itself. For example, consider the word “compassion” in Matthew 9:36. It is the Greek word “splagchnizomai” (pronounced “splauk- nee-zo-my”). It is exclusive to the Gospels and it is always used in union with the movements of Christ. But the biggest s

Remaining Faithful to God in the Valleys Pastor David I just finished going through the book of Jeremiah in my personal scripture reading and saw how he wasn’t very liked by the people around him. Who would like a guy who is going around prophesying a negative thing all the time about your home city? There were times where he offered some hope, but when you read the book… there’s a lot of “beware what’s about to happen”. Because people didn’t like hearing what Jeremiah had to

March 16th Pastor Joy Job 19:25-27 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought! Job is responding to another of his friends speeches during the trials that he faces in this scripture. I find comfort and I am encouraged to try and be as bold in the face of struggle, adversity,

The Story of Sabbath Pastor Rachael Genesis 2:2-3 NIV - By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Today’s devotional, I would like to share a little bit from the book we are reading together as a staff. It is called Even Better Than Eden By Nancy Guthrie. The chapter is titled “The

March 2nd, 2025 Pastor Ken Daniel 9:4-5 (NIV) I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed : “Lord, the great and awesome God, who deeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your command and laws.” You often hear me say that, in the New Testament, the word “confess” is synonymous with agreement. The same idea exists in the Old Testament, but with a tw

The Parable of the Talents Pastor David In Matthew 25, Jesus tells the Parable of the Talents. In the story, three servants are given different amounts of money to take care of while their master goes away on a trip. Two of the servants do well and double what they were given. The third servant, though, is afraid and decides to bury the money so he won’t lose it. When the master returns, he praises the two servants who grew what they were given, but the third servant has the

Humility Pastor Joy The Oxford Dictionary defines humility as possessing a modest view of one’s worth or importance. For Christians, humility does not mean undervaluing oneself but prioritizing others above oneself. It involves placing others' needs before our own. True humility reflects a balanced attitude—valuing oneself while genuinely caring for the needs of others. Jesus demonstrated that humility was not a passive characteristic, but rather it was a choice. He washed fe

Homesick for Heaven Pastor Rachael The week that I was writing our weekly devotionals, the song Homesick for Heaven by Phil Wickham came on the K-LOVE radio station SO MANY TIMES. That’s when I decided I wanted to dive deeper into what that song meant, instead of just listening to it. The Bible reminds us in Philippians 3:20 that “ our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, ” which means that although we live our daily lives

Where are you Living? Pastor Ken Mark 12:28-34 (NIV)One of the teachers of the law…asked [Jesus], "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these."    "Wel

January 26th, 2026 Pastor David Yesterday we had our annual business meeting where the board and the staff had the chance to be transparent with the income and spending done by the church in 2025. Which makes this a great time to examine our generosity. You can debate whether we are to give a tithe to the church under the new covenant we’re in, but you can’t debate that we have a mandate to be generous whether that is a lot of generosity or a little (2 Corinthians 9:6-7-Remem

January 19th, 2026 Pastor Joy The Bible Recap Study has just begun, you are about 3 weeks in and your New Years Resolutions are still going strong! Things are looking up! Life is on track! 1. Read my bible every day 2. Eat healthy 3. Exercise 5 days a week 4. No yelling at the dinner table 5. No speeding on Hewitt Dr. 6. Get straight A’s this semester Oh, wait...oh no! The transmission just went out in my car, my kid just got sick for the 3rd time in 4 weeks, another fight wi

You are a Miracle Waiting to Happen Pastor Rachael Today I would like to share with you an excerpt from a book that I am reading titled You are a Miracle Waiting to Happen by Ken Houts. You are doing everything you know to do to be a good Christian. You go to church every week (sometimes three times a week). You pray and read God’s Word, but you are still dry. Now the “dry bones” are not bad folks at all. In fact, most of the dry bones I find are really good church folks! The

The Genealogy of Christ Pastor Ken Philippians 3:13-14 (NIV) Forgetting what is behind and straining forward toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. The Gospel of Matthew opens with the genealogy of Christ and if you look closely you will discover that His family tree is full of peculiar, irresponsible, and contemptable people; everything from liars and philanderers to murderers and prostitutes.

The Greatest Evidence of God’s Love Pastor David It’s Christmas week! You might be looking forward to spending time with family or opening gifts or even just sitting on the couch watching hallmark Christmas movies, but this week is also a time to remember that God loves us. We celebrate the birth of our savior, which is evidence of this. Probably the most popular verse out there (John 3:16) attests to this: John 3:16-“For this is how God loved the world: He gave[a] his one an

December Devotional Today marks day 349 of your bible reading plan. You have 16 days left until the year is over. This means you have 16 days until you start reading in Genesis as we start to read through scripture together in January. Many of us will have New Year’s resolutions. This might be the most important one you can resolve to achieve: read, study, and meditate on the Word of God in 2026. Let's do this together! The following devotional comes from Gretchen Martin, wee

The Lord is My Shepherd Pastor Rachael When asked, a lot of Christians say that their favorite passage(s) of Scripture is Psalm 23. While it may seem cheesy, I have to agree with them. The first time this passage of Scripture really stuck with me was at my mother’s funeral back in 2021. I read it as a part of her eulogy: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in path

December 1, 2025 Pastor Ken The National Retail Federation predicts that, this year, holiday spending will surpass $1 trillion. That said, I’ve always felt that gift-giving was more than just spending money; there’s a diplomacy to it because through the gift you’re revealing yourself to the recipient. In the book of I Samuel there are two young men, David, and Jonathan. Despite being on opposite ends of the social spectrum (David is a shepherd and Jonathan is a prince), they

Blue Belt Blues Pastor David In Brazilian Jiujitsu there is something called the blue belt blues. There’s a study that shows that for every 10 white belts that start jiujitsu, 1 will make it to blue belt. Then that single blue belt comes across those blue belt blues. A lot of the time the upper who were letting them work at white belt are now no longer holding back and allowing them to work anymore. And as a blue belt, this person now has a target on their back that every whi