I feel doubt
Your faith can move mountains and your doubt can create them. Don't dwell on the past because God is doing something new in your life.
I feel discouraged
Discouragement is tough. We might even say that any true follower of Christ must eventually face AND overcome discouragement. There are times when it feels like Jesus is nowhere to be found. We need to see that we are not alone. Discouragement means we have lost our courage.
I feel like a failure
Failure does not rule over us. Every person belongs to God. He created us. He cares for us. He calls us by name. Say goodbye to your old life and become something greater than yourself.
I feel lonely
God is in our lonely places. Remember Jacob? “God you were in this place, but I never knew.”
If you and I care enough to help and heal our neighbors, we will see our own help and healing, too.
Happy Days!
Embrace what is true, good, and just. Those who seek wisdom will thrive and those who do not seek wisdom will not.
Can faith save you?
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? (James 2:14) We'd better get busy!
Unharbored
Who can rescue you from life's storms? Who is powerful enough to calm the chaos when there is no safe harbor?
I Want It That Way
The popular 90s band Backstreet Boys sang "I want it that way."
Think about this next time you say the Lord's prayer. "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." You're saying, "I want it that way." But what are you doing to bring a little heaven down to earth?
Don't Stop Believin'
Faith requires courage. The courage to follow Christ. The courage to look at what Christ stands for. Faith requires the courage to tell someone that God doesn’t need their help to rewrite a new story for them. The courage to believe that no matter what my situation is, God is not bound by those parameters. Faith is standing firm upon the idea that God is the only one who can make a way where there is no way.
Sermon: Christianity 101
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Queen of Gospel Song Writers
Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 at 10:45 a.m. you'll step back in time to the 1800's and meet a remarkable woman, Fanny J. Crosby. Born in 1820 and blinded at the age of 8, opportunities seemed very limited for this little girl. Who could guess she would grow up to write some of the best-loved hymns ever penned? Seven of the more than 8,000 hymns she wrote are still in the Methodist hymnal today. They include "Blessed Assurance," "To God Be the Glory" and "I Am Thine, O Lord."
Fanny exceeded expectations from a very young age. Raised by her mother and grandmother, she was taught to memorize five chapters of the bible each week from the age of 10. Just before her 15th birthday, she entered the New York Institution for the Blind. There, she learned to play the piano, organ, harp and guitar. She was taught to sing and had a fine soprano voice.
Playwright Dr. Shellie O'Neal was inspired to write a one-woman show about the inspiring life of Fanny J. Crosby. She first learned about her in a Sunday School class and never forgot about her astonishing life journey. O’Neal has written 26 plays, two of which won Texas state play writing competitions. For the past 18 years she has served as Director of Theatre at Navarro College in Corsicana TX, where she has directed over 70 productions. O’Neal has performed this one-woman show 140 times in 134 locations including a performance on her 40th birthday at the Bowery Mission in New York City where Fanny Crosby often spoke and sang.