What is love? Finding my true love has been my lifelong journey. Growing up as an impressionable kids in the 80s, an era where romance was king, I thought true love was found in romance. It’s Valentine’s Day and I have been married for 10 years and I have 3 kids. And over the years, […]
Acts 9 – Why Should I Repent?
Today, we will cover Acts 9 and Saul’s conversion experience, his very first repentance, from which the great Apostle Paul was birthed. We will see that this story serves as a good model for regular, continuous repentance, not just a single, dramatic salvation moment. Specifically, we’ll explore the connection between how we act or fail […]
Acts 8 – Things Are Not What They Seem
I want to talk about living a life of faith vs. living a life by sight. And in particular, we’ll be looking at 2 characters found in this chapter – Simon the Sorcerer and Philip. Last week, we studied Stephen being martyred. Now this week in the very next chapter, the church is under persecution […]
Psalm 13 – Trust
Good morning. How is everyone doing? Boy, I couldn’t attend last month due to the Christmas holidays and having to visit relatives so it feels like a long time since I have been here. Introduce people. Does anyone want to share a prayer request or want to give praise to God for something? Let’s lift […]
Is it possible to know the will of God? (part II)
Knowing the will of God is not always easy. From Acts 6-7, we looked at the importance of the community that you are a part of helping to guide your personal role and calling. For the leaders of the early church, it was the growing need of the widows who were not being properly cared […]
Is it possible to know the will of God? (part I)
Knowing the will of God is not always easy. We all know the universal will of God in terms of the universal calling of believers to make disciples of all nation (Great Commission) or to love God and love neighbor as yourself. But what does this mean specifically? The Bible shows many people in the […]