Dear Brothers and Sisters; In preparation for Easter this year, I have been reading a very insightful book by Michael Card. It is entitled, “A Violent Grace.” It contains meditations on the cross and its application to our lives today! I highly recommend this book to minister to your heart and life! At the conclusion…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, This week is Vacation Bible School at FCC. We have been blessed with many new folks serving Jesus by serving our children! Thanks goes out to all the servants of Jesus working together for God’s glory! During VBS we all need some encouragement. I find that my “soul-talk” needs to be…
Good Morning! As we consider the death of our Savior this Lenten season, reflect on these words of Martin Luther: “God is grieved on account of our sin. Sin is such a pain to God, it saddens him so much, that he would himself be tortured and bodily die so that he might thereby wipe…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I want to thank you for your faithfulness in serving our Lord here at FCC. I am inspired by your love and hospitality! I am thrilled that so many of you have signed up for family dinners this month! On Wednesday nights during our prayer meeting, we have been watching…
Dear Ones, Here is the article by Dr. Rennie Showers on the first century marriage customs and how they relate to John 14:1-6. I hope you are inspired by his thoughts and applications. Below is a list of questions on Sunday’s Message from John 14:1-6. We publish these each week on our website under the…
Dear Friends, At our recent international prayer gathering I was impressed by our need to be bold in these days. The request for boldness was made several times. In the Bible the term boldness has several applications: 1. To be bold means we will be honest. We will speak publicly with openness and transparency. …
Dear Friends, Here is a great list of prayer requests on “ministering to others” from the ONECRY prayer list this month. I ask you to pray these back to God and expect Him to answer! Ministering to Others Pray that we will trust the Spirit to show us in very practical ways how to love…
Dear Friends, Today we are reading Luke 6. Jesus shares a very brief parable on discipleship. He also told them this parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher. NIVO Luke…
Dear Friends, In Luke 5 we see Jesus actively doing three miracles! First Jesus, the carpenter, directs Peter, the fisherman, to a great catch of fish in the middle of the afternoon! All the details of Jesus’ advice seem illogical, yet Peter confesses “because you say so, I will let down the nets!” How…
Dear Friends, Today we are reading Luke 4 in our month-long journey through this glorious gospel written by Dr. Luke. You may notice that Luke gives us more insight into the ministry of the Holy Spirit than the other gospel writers. At Jesus baptism in 3:21-22 we discover all three Persons of the Godhead…