A Lit PathREAD - Psalm 119:105REFLECT - In all honesty, sometimes I like being in the dark. Often, when I am up at night I keep the lights off and navigate by what I know and the faint glimmer of light that trickles in from various places. After all, I know where I am going and know my way around my house. Most of the time this is not a problem at all, until it is. Boom! My kids left something in ...  Read More

Revelation from HeavenREAD - Matthew 16:13-16REFLECT - From the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, people struggled to understand who Jesus is. Today, there is still a lot of confusion about who Jesus is, and what it means to be a follower of Him. Some say he was a prophet and a good teacher, and others say he was just a man who through time, legend grew about Him being the son of God and rising from t...  Read More

REFLECT - Distractions are all around us. For some we need the extra noise around us, while others we love to live in the quiet. But no matter where you find yourself, distractions are everywhere. As a freshman in college dorms, distractions were everywhere. In fact, my neighbors and roommates nicknamed me “Groundhog” because every time there was something g...  Read More

When the word of God says that “all scripture is God breathed”, it means that God’s breath of life has been infused into it. In a similar way, God breathed his life into humanity as we read in Genesis 2:7. God formed us and breathed his life into us. He has done the same thing with His Word, the Bible. He created it through humanity, and...  Read More

When all goes Silent  - by Pastor Kyle Johnson Read: John 19:40-42In the latter part of Passion Week there is Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but what about Saturday?  It almost seems like a spacer in between important events.  In fact, the Bible doesn’t even say anything about it as John 19 ends with a burial and John 20 starts off with the beginning of Sunday.  Granted, Friday and ...  Read More

Lonely Obedience  - by Pastor Kyle Johnson Read: John 19:1-37This is Good Friday.  For Jesus, as we read, this is anything but good.  For us, it is beyond amazing.  The journey it took to get there was incredibly lonely.  Take a moment and think of the path up the hill of the skull that Jesus had to walk.  There were a lot of people around, but no one on His side.  There were many voices yelling o...  Read More

Serve First - by Pastor Kyle Johnson Read: John 13:1-17Today marks the day in Holy Week that Jesus gathered His disciples for their last meal together. They knew it was an important occasion but had no idea just how important.  After all, they still waited on each other to do the menial tasks like helping people clean up and looking for the better seats around the table.  Eventually, Jesus got up ...  Read More

Remain In Him - by Fred Hammer“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.  He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful… Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you a...  Read More

A Love-Revealing Unity - by Chad Riley“Real Thing” Vertical WorshipThere’s a place for me,and it’s heavenly -at the table with the King.In a soundbite culture like the one we live in, where topics and truths occupy our attention for only minutes at a time (if not seconds), it’s perfectly natural to seek something more permanent and lasting. This yearning drives me often to the prayer of Jesus.Wher...  Read More

SanctifiedRead: John 17:17-19As Jesus prays for His disciples, He understood that there needed to be a work done in their lives to set them apart for the work that God had intended for them. That is what the word sanctified means, to be set apart for a holy purpose. Jesus did not expect His followers to just “have what it takes” or know enough or be good enough to accomplish the things of God on t...  Read More

No Thanks FearFor God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)Fear is something that naturally comes when we face something big, scary, ugly or unknown.But that doesn’t mean we have to hold onto it when it comes. Too often fear prances its wayinto our mind and we grab a hold of it like it’s our long-lost twin that we were separated...  Read More

Sent“Intercession means that we rouse ourselves up to get the mind of Christ about the one for whom we pray.” - My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers“Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helples...  Read More