I Know Who You Need to Know

I Know Who You Need to Know

Why should we look outside of the church to reach people?

We have the Cube. We have individualized outreach ministries. We have mission trips.

Why should we look outside of the church to reach people in our daily lives?

From an overflow of the knowledge and understanding of our faith, we know who others need to know—Jesus. We must look outside the church to reach people because the truth is the church as an establishment cannot reach every person by simply existing as a building. The actual church (believers) must meet people where they are in order to spread the Gospel.

Showing God's Love Inside Our Church Walls

Showing God's Love Inside Our Church Walls

I love our church. Our church is not perfect, nor do we pretend to be. We’re a bunch of people who have different strengths, weaknesses, likes and dislikes. We have lots of opinions and ideas. Regardless of our beautiful differences, we have two things in common: Jesus and our church.

The Gift of True Love

The Gift of True Love

This month on the blog we are focusing on different expressions of love. As we seek to live lives of love, the best way to truly love others is to first and foremost personally receive the incredible gift of God’s love toward us. When I think about His gift of love and the many ways it manifests in our lives, I can’t help but parallel it to gifts we give one another.

God's Love Is Like

God's Love Is Like

God’s Love is like a lighthouse - it is a comfort to those tossed to and fro, and shines brighter than all surrounding darkness (Psalm 26:8).

God’s Love is like a fire - it is atoning, refining, and enduring (Hebrews 12:29, Psalms 136:26).


God’s Love is like a friend who gives you their sandwich when you forgot yours - it is sacrificial and generous, a simple truth at its core (John 15:13).

Yielding In Prayer

Yielding In Prayer

Yielding is laying down the idol of control and choosing to trust God. It’s trusting God over my own ideas about what would be best for me. Yielding is making time to listen.

I recently asked Instagram followers in a poll (it was very scientific!) what they thought of the term “yielding” in regard to their prayer life. The most common answers were “surrender” and “listening”. These were lovely responses, causing me to wish my first instinctive answer was equally as graceful.

Asking In Prayer

Asking In Prayer

My two-year-old granddaughter has found her words. They flow ceaselessly with a variety of expressions, cascading in often indistinguishable words, phrases or bits of songs that are bouncing around in her head. I smile as I watch her daddy lovingly bend down to listen to her. He hears her heart, not just her words. He knows her needs, even when she doesn’t. She responds to his voice and his promptings. And he responds to her with words and actions that demonstrate his great love to her.

Repenting in Prayer

Repenting in Prayer

Repentance in and of itself is an interesting thing. Did you know it is both a noun and a verb? By definition, the noun form refers to sincere regret or remorse, while in the verb form it means to turn from sin; to feel regret; to change one's mind; to feel sorrow for. From this short grammar lesson, I realize that repentance is both a state of mind for me to embrace and an activity for me to take part in.

Praising In Prayer

Praising In Prayer

I have a sweet friend who is the most polite “texter” I know. Whatever the subject of her text, she never fails to begin with “Hello, how are you doing, hope you are having a good day”. Most people I know, including myself, usually just blurt out the question or the comment they want the person on the other end of the text to see. We know that texting was designed to be short and to the point, but if we talked that way to people face to face, it would seem like a rude way to start a conversation. That started me thinking about my prayer conversations with God.

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