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Advent - Week 4 (Candle of Love/The Angel's Candle)

Our Hope is a belief in the promise of a good Father. It empowers us to receive God's Peace. God's Peace is a gift and provides a path to true Joy. Love is the cord that ties each of these aspects together. It's not just the 4th aspect of the Advent season, but it serves as the unifying force for all believers. As we focus on it, it will cause us to be true bearers of Hope, Joy, and Peace to a world that is lost in darkness. Our Hope...our Joy...our Peace is found in Christ alone and His love for us all.

Evan

12-21-25

Advent - Week 3 (Candle of Joy/The Shepherd's Candle)

Joy is experienced in so many ways and through so many things. Joy from a spiritual perspective, however, is so much deeper then just the way we experience things around us. Joy is a much deeper expression. It's a choice or an attitude that we can adopt, no matter the circumstances. We often think that having sorrow, depression or struggling in any way is somehow the absence of joy. That is a giant misconception. We live in a fallen world and in a fallen body. So, it is possible to struggle with depression and sorrow of all sorts and still be full of faith and joy. The amount of happiness you display has no bearing on your standing with God or how your faith is measured. Joy is not a feeling we manifest in and of ourselves. God is the source, and when we have Him, we have joy. Let's look at what else the Word has to say about the Joy that comes from God alone.

 

12-14-25

Mel

Advent - Week 2 (Candle of Peace/Bethlehem Candle)

The Advent season is the celebration of the coming of Jesus. In this celebration, we have looked at Hope and today, we focus on Peace. Throughout the Bible, we see this theme of brokenness and the way to restore it. Peace in Hebrew is "shalom." Shalom means to make whole or to restore. No matter what the world chooses to believe, Jesus is the only one who can take what was broken in the beginning and make it whole once again. Just like he is the only one who can take the brokenness inside us and make us whole as well. So, as we address what all Peace means, let's see how this understanding affects us as we look in the Word together.

Jeremiah 

12-7-25 

Advent - Week 1 (Candle of Hope/Prophet's Candle)

As we begin this Christmas season with the first week of Advent, we look at the Candle of Hope. Hope is what sets the stage for peace, joy, and all the other things that are good in our lives. Advent is the season of anticipation and expectation, which is what hope is all about. So, the question we have to ask ourselves is, what or who are we waiting for? Depending on who you ask, you are bound to get different answers. So then, the question isn't just what are we waiting for, but HOW are we waiting? Are we waiting poorly or are we waiting well? How brightly is your own personal "Candle of Hope" burning? Let's look at the Word and see what it has to say about biblical Hope and all that means to us, especially this time of year.

 

11-30-25

Brian Russell

The Mind of Christ ( The Beatitudes)

This week we continue to look at the mind of Christ, and how that manifests in us and out to those around us. The Lord calls us blessed . He says we ARE blessed in present tense not in future tense in that one day we will be blessed. When we look at the attitudes and what is produced in our hearts it should be merciful, pure in heart . Is your heart actively making peace with the ones around you? Peace is an action, not a passive position. Is your heart courageous in the face of opportunities to serve? Let's examine the word and look at what the Lord has to say about the heart posture along with the mind of Christ and how it is displayed in our lives .

 

11-9-25 Pastor Anthony 

The Mind of Christ (The Beatitudes - Part 1)

This week, we are diving into the first four beatitudes. God's way of thinking is not just backwards from the world's way of thinking, it is also upside-down. To have the mind of Christ is to also walk in the truths of the beatitudes as well as the fruit of the spirit. So, how is it being "poor in spirit" and someone who "mourns" walking in the mind of Christ? Likewise, how is being "meek," and being "hungry and thirsty" walking in the mind of Christ? Let's examine the Word, see what God has to say about these things, and learn how to apply them to our lives so that we can indeed have the "Mind of Christ."

 

11-2-25

Pastor Anthony Cheek 

Mind of Christ (Be attitudes)

Jesus humbled himself and made himself of no reputation, and was obedient until death. He also calls us blessed, not because we feel blessed but because he defines that differently. He says that if we are poor in spirit , mourning, meek, merciful, pure at heart, if we are peacemakers, if we are persecuted, and  if we hunger and thirst we are blessed. That list of eight I know is different from what I say when I tell someone I am blessed. How is it that Jesus was all of those things and was he himself blessed, like he calls us? How can we be deeply happy, spiritually fulfilled, and fully satisfied if we are persecuted or poor in spirit? How does that work ? When we are walking with Jesus and becoming more and more like him , how can we count ourselves blessed in the same way he says we are blessed? Let us examine the word of the Lord and divine into what Jesus means when he calls us blessed. 

 

10-26-25 Pastor Anthony 

Mind of Christ Mini-Series (Proverbs 3:1-6)

Trusting the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and understanding. In so many ways it can be easy to trust in what you feel is best at the time. But when you truly trust the Lord, that means trusting Him no matter what we be seeing, feeling or experiencing at the moment. Let's dive into the Word together with Jeremiah to help get a better understanding of what this looks like. 

 

10-05-25 Jeremiah 

Attributes of God (God is Immutable)

God knows where we are, He knows what we can handle and He knows what it will take to get us to where we are going. One of the best things about God and his character is that He is unable to change (Immutable). He is unchangeable in his love, his purpose for you, in his essence, in his truth and in his faithfulness. In all that God is, he is constant and unchangeable. When we are surrounded by nothing but change, God himself is constant, and that truth is our solid foundation that we can stand on no matter what is going on around us. Let's dive into his Word and really examine what it looks like for the Lord to be immutable, and what that means for us. 

 

9-28-25

Brian Russell 

 

The Mind of Christ (fruit of the Spirit , Faithfulness)

Today we look at Faithfulness, We have many ways in which to be faithful, God and his faithfulness to us , our faithfulness to him, and lastly our faithfulness to one another . God can not be anything but faithful to us . He always keeps his word, He never withholds his love from us no matter what we do. When we look at ourselves, are we faithful to God in the same way he is faithful to us ? Furthermore, are we faithful to others in the way the Lord is faithful to us?  Following the Lord means to be Christ like even in the way we are faithful. Lets take a look at the word and see what the Lord has to say about faithfulness. 

 

9-21-25 Pastor Anthony