hope

Learning Obedience

October 6, 2019 By ray

Preacher: Pastor Ray Main text: Heb 5:7-8; 6:11-12, 18-19 Jesus learned obedience through 30 years of patiently waiting, and we, too, must learn obedience. Faith mixed with patience leads to hope and this hope is an anchor for our soul.… Read more

The Purpose of the Valley

December 18, 2017 By ray

Preacher: Pastor Ray Text: Psalm 42 The purpose of the valley is to increase our faith in the Lord. Thus, when life doesn’t make sense, hope in God and praise the Lord.… Read more

Hope in the Lord

October 8, 2017 By ray

Preacher: Pastor Ray Text: 1 John 2:28-3:3 Hope in the Lord Jesus and you will never stumble.… Read more

1 Thess 5: Speak Carefully and Love Properly (pt1 of 3)

February 4, 2014 By ray

Have you ever said something, and as soon as you said it, you wished you could take it back? Like when I’m tired or stressed and I’m in a bad mood and let’s say Jackie and I are late for some important meeting, and I say, Jackie, why are you always late?… Read more

Quotes from The Wounded Healer (Henry Nouwen)

August 23, 2011 By ray

It is not the task of the Christian leader to go around nervously trying to redeem people, to save them at the last minute, to put them on the right track. For we are redeemed once and for all. The Christian leader is called to help others affirm this great news, and to make visible in daily events the fact that behind the dirty curtain of our painful symptoms there is something great to be seen: the face of Him in whose image we are shaped.… Read more

Revelation 12: Why Are There So Many Scrooges During Christmas? (Part 1 of 4)

December 20, 2010 By ray

Text: Revelation 12:1-12, 17, 13:1 Christmas is only a few days away so I wish everyone an early Merry Christmas. For kids, no holiday season even comes close to Christmas. Not Halloween, not the Easter Bunny. No, these are all distant seconds. Growing up, I loved Christmas. I mean, you wake up and under the Christmas tree, there are boxes of toys just waiting to be opened.… Read more