This week we continue walking with Paul through his teaching on prayer with a focus on unity. What does unity mean? Does it mean we all look and act the same? Does it mean we all do things the same way? Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares an important truth on unity and how important it is for the life of the church.
Author: Derrick Hurst (Page 94 of 152)
I am husband to Carrie, dad to Matthew, Lucas, and Natalie. I have a desire to see people grow in their relationship with Jesus. My personal mission is to move people forward in their faith life.
In our prayers we tend to pray or the sick or the lonely, which in and of itself isn’t a problem. We pray for healing or for provision, which really aren’t problems either. But none of these prayers are really the prayers that God says are the BIG prayers he wants for us. This week listen in as Pastor Derrick shares a letter Paul writes to a friend about how spiritual growth best happens.
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So how do you pray? When do you pray? For what do you pray? Contrary to popular belief there’s no real right way to pray. But if there’s right form for prayer and right posture for prayer, then what could be the problem we face with prayer? What is wrong with prayer? Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares the truth about prayer along with a personal story of confession with regards to his own prayer life.
There seems to be a problem with prayer. Well, not really with prayer but with our prayers. It’s not that we’ve filled them with the wrong words necessarily. It’s not because they aren’t eloquent enough or professional sounding enough. But there’s a problem with our prayers and it really needs addressing. Continue reading
What’s your focus these days? Are you the half empty glass kind of person? Or perhaps you’re the eternal optimist? I tend to be a bit of a realist, and admittedly slide into pessimism from time to time. But there are some who always seem to see the sunshine even in the midst of a cloudy and rainy day. And if I’m being totally honest, sometimes that simply drives me nuts! I’m not sure I know how to find the sunrise in the dark of night. I’m not always able to see the rainbow that hasn’t quite shown up because the storm’s too rough. Continue reading
If we aren’t to put our hope in our stuff but rather in Christ, then what purpose do our riches serve? Paul tells us that our riches are to be used for the service of others. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares the meaning and purpose for our real riches and how they are to build a foundation for our future.
There are so many things in life that we want to change. We change our hair color. We change the paint in our living rooms. We change our cars when we get tired of driving the one we have. We change churches when the pastor says something that challenges us. We change our clothes. We change our jobs. We change friend circles as our life stages change. But sometimes we want bigger changes. Continue reading
Where is your hope found? Has your hope shifted to something that could potentially disappear, break or wash away? Paul warns Timothy to be careful not to let people place their hope in things that eventually will go away. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares where our hope should be found.
Remember 9.11.01
For those of us who lived that terrifying day the details will forever be burned in our brains. We’ll remember where we were and who was with us. We’ll remember the eerie silence in the air when all planes were grounded across the country. We’ll remember the horrifying images and the gut wrenching and raw emotion of the news casters as they brought us the details as they unfolded. We’ll never forget, or will we? Continue reading
Sometimes the things of life are just out of this world gigantic! I’ve come across mountains that were far too large for me to climb! I’ve been face to face with giants that could have and honestly should have annihilated me! I’m not sure about you but there are some things in this life that have all but crushed me. Continue reading
