This week we begin our journey through a time in Jesus’ life known as Holy Week. It’s also been called his passion. This week is marked by his acceptance one and betrayal/death another. This week shows us how quickly we change our point of view. This week is a time to reflect on the inconsistency of humanity and the consistency of God. Continue reading
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It’s easy to give in to temptation when we are hurt. When someone offends us or does something wrong against us, we are tempted to take up residence in a place called spite. But this is not a healthy place to live. If anyone had a reason to live in spite’s house it was…
When we enter the kitchen in this great House of Prayer, we’re overwhelmed by the beauty of this space. Everything is perfectly placed. From the stove to the countertops, from the table to the chair where you’ll find your seat for the meal provided, everything is just right. Listen as we enter another room in God’s House of Prayer. #prayer #lent 2016 #houseofprayer
If you’ve ever come face to face with a thief you know the feeling of being betrayed and violated. Your safety was compromised by one who came to destroy your belongings, perhaps your life. This week Pastor Derrick shows how we’ve all come face to face with a thief and how we are to handle it when it happens again.
This morning we’re less than two weeks away from Easter. Over the next fourteen days we’ll journey with Jesus through some of the most difficult times in his earthly life. He’ll be accepted, then rejected and betrayed. He’ll be accused, tried in a bogus trial, beaten, mocked, ridiculed, forced to carry his own instrument of torture, then killed. He’ll be buried, and when it seems as if all help is lost be raised. Continue reading
In the great House of Prayer there are many rooms. But today we look less at a room and more to something we often ignore. We rarely care about its existence until something goes wrong. But what if we managed it well on a daily basis? What if we checked in on it regularly?
The goal of a disciple is to clothe themselves in the very thoughts, words, and actions of the person they desire to follow. In the case of the person who calls themselves a Christian, that person is Jesus. There’s no secret about it. The follower of Jesus wants to clothe themselves in the things of Jesus. We want to have Jesus’ patience. We want to love the way he loved. We want to find joy in the everyday things the way he did. But exactly how does that happen? Continue reading
In the middle of the storms of life, we’re so very focused on the storm that we often fail to hear what’s really going on. Job saw the pain of the storm but here he actually listens to the thunderous noise of God speaking.
In the Great House of Prayer we are invited into another room. The Office is today’s stop. The focal point of this room is the desk. We try to spend too much time in the executive seat of this desk but that’s not our chair. Listen as Pastor Derrick shares the importance of this room.
Over the past couple of months we’ve looked at the idea of worship. We discussed the what, the how, and even a little bit of where and when. But it’s easy to miss something when we forget the reason behind it all. That’s why to close out our topic on worship, we look at why. Why do we worship anyway? Continue reading
