Devotions

Over the past few weeks I've been writing about the importance of following Jesus. I initially planned for this to be a three-week series, but then the following verse caught my eye, mind, and heart this week. It reminded me that perhaps the area of our lives where we...

James 1:27 New International Version (NIV) 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. I am doing a teaching series on KBOE 104.9 FM and...

Vital Men Kick Off Teaching Series - A New Era of Leading September 11 The Well in Pella Barbecue Meal at 6:00 pm Music with The Bridge Worship Band Guest Speaker - Marty Schmidt Come Hungry for Food, Worship, and Encouragement

Matthew 5:43-48 (NASB) “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to...

When was the last time you were angry?  You don’t have to look far to find or start an argument these days.  The news and Social Media are flush with critical words about one group or another.  You just have to look at the comments on any given news story about...

If God has a plan for your life how do you know what it is?  So many people ask me how to discover God’s will for their life.  It is such a real question.  I want to encourage you that God wants you to know His will for your life more than you do! Ephesians 2:10  We...