A Call to Prayer!
We live in a world that is loaded with "help". Programs, blogs, self-help books, therapy, and even medication. What rarely gets reported is that study after study reports concludes that prayer does [shockingly] in fact work! We as the church in the modern era have so many tools at our disposal, but let us not forget that the most formidable tool is the same that it has always been: 2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. ...
Mission
Our mission by its very nature must be the mission of Christ: to reach out to the lost, teaching them how to be converted and then how to serve God in a way that pleases Him. (Matthew 28:18-20) Jesus continually taught what the Kingdom of Heaven was all about. He came to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10), and in the process helped heal their spiritual, physical, and emotional wounds. The mission of the church is the same. ...
A Light In The Darkness
There can no question that our world is in darkness. People are hurting! Our church has had the same name for six decades, and it is appropriate. Emmanuel means "God with us" (Matthew 1:23). Those in darkness need the lighthouse to shine out the message of truth: God is with us! We don't have to hurt or stumble in darkness, for Jesus has brought us light: Matthew 4:16-17 KJV The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. (17) From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ...