Isaiah 40:1 “Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God “Link to YouTube Video – Currently at Shades of Grace From Pastor Will – The phone was ringing as I arrived a few minutes early at Shades this morning. A desperate older lady from a neighboring county was on the line. Told me she had called a suicide hotline and was given our number. Long story. We feel some immediate…Keep Reading

Genesis 26:18 “Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died…” “Old Wells” Wherever Abraham traveled with his family the first order of business was to build an altar, and dig a well. Those are two essentials for living. Isaac came along in his Father’s footsteps. The Bible says that he reopened his Father’s wells…Keep Reading

1 Corinthians 13:12 “For now, we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.” “Will We Know Each Other in Heaven” “For now, we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.” 1 Corinthians…Keep Reading

Link to Youtube – Invitation Isaiah 22:3 “He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged.” “Jesus Will Come Looking for Me” Link to Youtube – He Came Looking for Me

Psalm 131:1-2 “Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely, I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.” Humility With words like these the Psalmist will never sell self-help books on success. They are the opposite of…Keep Reading

Psalm 30:5 …weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. Strength and Joy in Our Weakest Moments What do we do when the task is great and we are weak, the journey is long and we are tired, the night is dark and our light flickers? The gentle Savior speaks, “But don’t you know that my strength is in your weakness? The journey is not long…Keep Reading

Isaiah 40:1 “Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God “Link to YouTube Video – Currently at Shades of Grace “Link to YouTube Video – In Need

Hebrews 11:1-40 Perhaps all who follow Christ have those times when we pray with the psalmist, “As the thirsty deer pants for water in a dry and weary land, so my soul pants for you O Lord.” Those dry times are also blessed times as we wait upon the Lord. Then is when we renew our strength and mount up with wings as eagles and we soar to new heights…Keep Reading

Philippians 4:11-13 I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. “Learning the Secret of Living” The fellowship was joyful and far more…Keep Reading

Matthew 14:30 But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, ‘Lord, save me!” “Lord Save Me” Notice Peter’s situation when Jesus saved him. He was neither on top of the water or sunk. He was beginning to sink. How many of us can identify with that? Christian friend, where are you on the sea of life today? Are we walking with Jesus, beginning to…Keep Reading

Proverbs 15:23 “To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is.” “Godly Communication” “To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is.” -Proverbs 15:23 There is a story from days past about a lady who traveled away from home on a shopping trip. When she discovered a beautiful but expensive…Keep Reading

Link to Youtube – Invitation Luke 14:13 “But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind” “Invite Everyone . . . Be a Friend to Everyone” Link to Youtube – You’ll Never Walk Alone