Category: Follower
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Responding Rightly
Whenever we are faced with responding to the “noise” of this world, the most effective and proven position we can take is to reflect on God’s Word and ensure that our response lines up with what it says. Even when faced with foolish temptation, Jesus was faithful to adhere to scripture and stand firm by…
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Where are you headed?
FACT: Where you are from does NOT have to be where you are headed TO! Many people questioned Jesus’s origins because it may not have been the best neighborhood, or the most influential city, or even the brightest spot on the map … but that doesn’t mean it tells the whole story! In the closing…
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Would you follow?
Remember when you first heard about Jesus and what He could do for you? What was your initial response? In John 1 we see the response of two men, devoted to following John the Baptist, willingly leaving to follow Jesus because they knew they must! It was almost as if something within their soul told them that…
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Behold!
John’s confession that Jesus is the Lamb of God was one of the most dramatic utterances in scripture that truly shook people’s perception of their knowledge of God. Why? Because it made them consider WHO they were following, in light of the truth of scripture, and that they (or WE) are not the center and purpose of…
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Heaven is worth it!
Accepting Jesus and serving Him as Lord means that our future far outweighs the current sufferings, challenges, and let downs that we face today. Isaiah records for us in Chapter 66, verse 1, “This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Could you build me a temple…
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God’s Promises are Ours!
Good news can often come in a format that we may not expect. Sometimes it is a direct answer to prayer, or a favorable weather forecast, or helpful information on a passage you are studying, or even – a message from an Old Testament prophet who was commissioned to bring a message that many would…
Pastor T.J. Conwell 