Posts with the category “five-day-study”

“A Church That Prays.”--from December 3rd  -- Read James 5:13-20What exactly is prayer?  Are you able to nail that idea down in a few words? This passage in James is a great place to build a definitio...  Read More

“The Patience of James.”--from November 26th  --Days 3-5 written by Pat and Liz Neuschwanger Read James 5:7-12Be patient. The work and reward of life is not meant to be immediate.  Life is a really lo...  Read More

“If I Were Rich...”--from November 19th  --Days 1-2 written by Connie Staley, Days 2-4 written by Lane Cummings James 4:13-17 / Proverbs 3:5-7 / Proverbs 16:3Do you consider yourself to be a good plan...  Read More

“Judge, Law, and Lawgiver.”--from November 12th  --This week’s devotions written by Pat and Liz Neuschwanger Read James 4:11-12 Devotion theme:  We need a constant reminder that there is only 1 Judge ...  Read More

The Hamster Wheel Trap--from November 5th  -- (Today’s devotion written by Pat Neuschwanger)Read Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 6:33; James 4:7-10The sermon describes a vicious cycle, one that is personal for...  Read More

How To Be An Influencer- Part 2--from October 29th  --Days 1-3 written by Jamie Walker- Days 4-5 written by Pastor Nate Altom Read: 2 Samuel 12I think we all are familiar with the saying "the tongue c...  Read More

--from October 22nd  --This week’s devotions written by Michael Brittenham Read James 3:13 and Matthew 5:1-12 There is an old saying that goes “You have two ears and one mouth, you should listen twice...  Read More

--from October 15th  --This week’s devotions written by Brandon Miller Read James 3:1-12The verses you just read will be our focus throughout the week.  Today we focus on verse 1.3:1  Not many of you ...  Read More

More Than A Declaration--from October 8th  --This week’s devotions written by Carl Brown and Jamie Walker Do you keep a to-do list?  When Faith WorksRead Psalm 118:1-29When reading James 2:14-26, the ...  Read More

The Gospel Vs. Favoritism--from October 1st  --This week’s devotions written by Connie Staley. Read - James 2: 1-4 and John 4– Samaritan Woman (verses 1-41)There is no mistake that James is talking to...  Read More

Missions Sunday--from September 24th  -- Read Ezekiel 33:1-9We live in a world that teaches that we can just mind our own business and keep our noses out of everything that doesn’t belong to us.  That...  Read More

Trials and Tantrums--from September 17th--written by Lane Cummings Read James 1:12-27Wow, where’d that come from?So you’re just clipping along, living life, when suddenly life drops a big old rock on ...  Read More

Lacking In Nothing--from September 10th--Days 1-4 written by Pat and Liz Neuschwanger.  Day 5 written by Michael Brittenham Read 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 A theme we’re realizing in the book of James and ...  Read More

Read Luke 12:22-31I wonder how often we pray for specific outcomes and how often that outcome exactly happens.  I can tell you, it is not often.  One of my biggest faith challenges is recognizing that...  Read More

Read Philippians 4:1-9“Do not be anxious about anything.”  What a bold statement Paul made there…well, in the light of how we talk about it now.  Paul was not making a medical diagnosis and declaring ...  Read More

**Today’s devotion written by Jamie Walker**Read Ephesians 4:13-24 and 1 Corinthians 2:6Growing Maturity in ChristWhen are we “mature”?  I often think to myself, “I don’t know what I want to be when I...  Read More

Read Romans 15:1-13I hate how hidden motivations tend to get into my good motivations and corrupt them.  You see it in yourself also, I am sure of it.  If not, it only takes a humble spirit to look ag...  Read More

Read Philippians 1:1-11This is a pastoral letter to a church that Paul, clearly has a lot of heart invested into.  He genuinely cares about their growth and advancement in being disciples of Jesus, wh...  Read More

Read Psalm 119:1-16The point of this week is to remind us to return to God’s word, giving it a place in our lives that is very much needed. Many people struggle with creating a habit with God’s word, ...  Read More

Read Psalm 37:1-11Delight is a word that we do not use much anymore.  What does it even mean?  The dictionary says, “please (someone) greatly” as a verb or as a noun, “great pleasure”.  What delights ...  Read More

Read Leviticus 23:9-14,22; 1 Corinthians 4:7  The challenge to the church (and to each of us) The Reverend Dr. Powell challenged the Mineral Heights Church (May Pen, Jamaica) in several ways in the co...  Read More

Read Mark 13:1-23I don’t know if you are like me or not, but I have been trained to hear certain things when I read this section.  Have you ever been riding your bike on a dirt road and there is a tir...  Read More

Read James 1James was the brother of Jesus and he wrote this letter to the Jewish people that had been scattered out through the landscape by wars and many other things.  His goal was to give them som...  Read More

Read Matthew 14:13-21I am guessing, but it really seems like Jesus has just faced a pretty long day before this moment.  He was just rejected at Nazareth, spent a lot of time teaching, and was just he...  Read More

Sermon Sentence: Jesus was broken on our behalf so that all broken people can experience a full life at the table together **Written by Jenna Altom**Read Matthew 26:17-29 and John 13:21-26Jesus lived ...  Read More

Read Luke 24:13-35“Two guys were walking down a road and a third one joined them…”  It sounds like the start to a joke, but it is the way that Luke decided to tell this really important story that lau...  Read More

(Today's devotion written by Gwen McElwin)Read: I Samuel chapters 1-2-3 seems like a lot, but it sets the stage so to speak.Hanna was a woman who desperately wanted a child.  Her husband’s other wife ...  Read More

(Today's devotion written by Pastor Tom Jones)Read Acts 16:16-34It can be thought that unless everything is going as we desire, God must not be taking care of us. However, as we see in today’s reading...  Read More

Read 1 Samuel 3This chapter, when read carefully, is really precise in the picture it is trying to paint.  My Bible is marked up here more than many other passages because of the obvious comparisons a...  Read More

Read 1 Samuel 2:12-36This series has been about the setting of the stage for the David story.  What was going on in the background and leading up to the great tale of how Israel’s greatest king made i...  Read More

Read Psalm 78:1-16How you read this Psalm surely comes from the place and stage you are in life.  But I want to make sure that you know it was for you.  Not just the ones that are parents, or that cou...  Read More

Devotion written by Michael BrittenhamRead 2 Samuel 23What a God we serve, He is persistent and consistent from everlasting to everlasting.  In the span of eternity our lives are such a small thing an...  Read More

Read 2 Samuel 13I don’t know that the devotions for this week will be overly encouraging and uplifting.  Most of life isn’t, nor does the Bible try to paint the picture of that being the case.  This w...  Read More

Read Psalm 6This week we will be looking at 5 Psalms from David that are listed as the “penitential psalms.”  I had never heard of it and David seems to be the only one that writes them in the Psalms,...  Read More

Read Psalm 51This Psalm is so heavy and full of content.  It is a great teacher of how to repent.  And since we need that, let’s let it be before us for at least three days this week?  David was reall...  Read More

Read Psalm 101This is a royal Psalm.  One way to think about it is like it is David’s campaign commercial for how he will be king.  Granted, they did not elect kings, so the analogy didn’t really work...  Read More

Read 2 Samuel 7:1-17Let’s think about gratitude that compels us to worship.  David talked about that idea in many of the Psalms he wrote.  I guess it makes sense…you would have to have a perspective o...  Read More

Read 2 Samuel 6:1-11Slow down when you read this passage and really try to imagine the scene that is playing out.  It is pretty incredible to think about this parade of over 30,000 people singing and ...  Read More

(Written by Mandy and Brandon Miller)Read Hebrews 10:23, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, and Proverbs 22:6So many doubts and fears can come along with doing something you feel God is calling you to do. For us, t...  Read More

Read Genesis 4I don’t understand this story.  By that, I mean I don’t really get why all the details are there or what they mean.  So, when I approach this story, I grapple with those ideas I don’t ge...  Read More