PRIORITY OF CONSCIENCE Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall. “1 Corinthians 8:13” We live in a world where values and cultures butt heads like mountain goats. What I feel is sin for me may not be considered sin by another Christian. (Now sin is sin, there is…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware PACK YOUR BAGS . . . “Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” “1 Peter 1:13” Life has often been described as a journey. Certainly, a major part of navigation through a person’s life is that of “belief, hope and preparation”. We try to…Keep Reading

Philippians 3:13 “But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.” “GETTING ON DOWN THE ROAD” The journey could have been short, perhaps a few weeks; but it took forty years. God was leading them with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. He supplied their every need; but it was never enough for their “we want more and better”…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Matthew 6:34 “Don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself,” “Hurry Up and Wait” As we commute, travel, grocery shop or have appointments, sometimes the theme is: “Hurry Up and Wait.” And that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Think about it. Staying in one place or getting ready to sit for awhile, might be just what the doctor ordered when…Keep Reading

Genesis 32:26 “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!” “May Jesus Christ Be Praised” The night is dark, but we will soon hear the crack of dawn. There are those who love the morning while others grasp the dark in a wrestler’s hold as it says, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!” (Genesis 32:26) Shakespeare wrote, “The morning steals upon the night melting the darkness.” The song…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware What Ever Happened To SOMEONE ELSE? “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for men” “Colossians 3:23” “I call ’em as I see ’em,” one baseball umpire remarked to two others during a discussion of their profession. “I call ’em as they are, another added. But the third one ended the debate…Keep Reading

Luke 17:32 “Remember Lot’s Wife.” Those words of Jesus are to remind us that there is nothing behind us that can save us now. Salvation is always a present thing. Neither is there anything to go back to. Christ is alive and goes before us, and if we are going to walk with Him it will not be yesterday. As the song says, “Yesterday is gone sweet Jesus and tomorrow…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Galatians 5:14 “For the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” “A STRANGER YET TO MEET” He’d leave early each workday morning for classes, One afternoon he found this note on the seat of his car as he prepared to leave for home: “This is the third time this week I have turned off your headlights….Keep Reading

Joshua 14:12 “Today I am eighty-five years old, and I am just as strong now as I was at age forty (when the land was promised), therefore give me this mountain!” “THE OLD AND YOUNG CLIMB MOUNTAINS TOGETHER” Once again Father Time has turned over his duties to the New Year baby. When I see that image, I think about the baby Jesus in the arms of Simeon as the…Keep Reading

1 Chronicles 16:23 “Sing to the Lord, all the earth; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.” Link to YouTube Video – “LOOKING FOR A NEW DAY” From Pastor Will Shewey: “Behold, I will make all things new.” Revelation 21:5 We had an inspiring worship service this morning at Shades of Grace. There was a large crowd and at least a couple first time guests. Music…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware A NEW YEAR’S PRAYER AND MESSAGE “ONE DAY AT A TIME” FLIP WILSON, THE COMEDIAN, USED TO HOLLAR “THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT,” WHEN HE’D GET CAUGHT AT ONE THING OR ANOTHER. DID THE DEVIL MAKE HIM DO IT? MAYBE, AND MAYBE NOT. BUT IT HAPPENED, AND THINGS WHICH “JUST HAPPEN” OFTEN HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH HOW THINGS TURN OUT. THAT’S THE…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware 30 BIBLE VERSES ABOUT LEARNING TO LISTEN “LEARNING TO LISTEN” Until a person has learned to listen, teaching or preaching cannot be successful. Until they realize that every person has something of truth and wisdom to offer, he does not begin to learn. It is only when a person sees how each person has some qualities which can surpass theirs . . . that a…Keep Reading