Dennis Gulley

The power of prophecy is not the telling of the future, but God calling us back to relationship. He wants us to trust him, to know that he is in control, and that he desires that we would live in relationship with him!

Walking through hardship and suffering is incredibly difficult for us to do, and we can even often feel like we're failing because as followers of Jesus shouldn't we be filled with joy all the time? God has filled his word with lament to show us that he hears our cries, and that our hurts are not failure but part of relationship.

God has given us his word for all kinds of reasons - to tell us about himself, what he has done, how we should live, how we should understand the world. But he has also given us is word simply that we can worship him! He has provided us the words and the direction to understand what it means to worship, and to live in a way that brings him glory.

God has given us his law in creation, and revealed his law in his word. He has written out his will and purpose for us, and as we live in alignment with his will, we will find life!

God has determined how things are meant to work, and has laid the foundations of his law in the foundations of creation itself!

The history of God reveals how he has walked with and worked through broken people, just like us, to accomplish his will and purposes.

Part of the story God has given us is revealing his power over the things of this world and the things in our lives. God records history to help us see that he is in control and to help us to trust him.

God wants to reveal himself in his word, and as we read his story, we must listen to see what he is trying to tell us about who he is!

This morning we got to hear from our team that went to Mexico this summer. God is moving in amazing ways, and it is such a joy to be a part of what he is doing here and all around the world!

We're stepping into a new year and a new theme - we're going to be exploring the Word and everything that it means for us. The power, the beauty, the authrity, the purpose of the Word, and how God desires us to grow with him as he speaks to us!

It is for freedom that we have been set free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery!

Pride caused Satan himself to fall, and our pride holds us back from enjoying the fulness of life we have been created for. Only in humility and submission will we find fulfillment!

The Bible talks about God's wrath, but our wrath is not the same as his, and we must trust him and bring glory to him in peace and love to others.

Envy is a subtle and powerful thing that can poison so many things in our lives. But we serve a God of overabundance and amazing promises, and if we truly believe what he has said there's no room for envy in our hearts!

God created physical relationships as a beautiful expression of his very nature of unity and relationship, and he wants us to live in that truth!

Where do we find fulfillmnet? Where do we find restoration and encouragement? Do we seek the presence of God? Or do we seek to fill ourselves with the things the world has to offer? God has created us for himself, and we will not find wholeness until we rest in him!

Do we believe that God is enough? Or do we have to take care of ourselves, to hold on to as big a pile of money as we can? God desires that we trust in his abundance, and to know that he will provide.

Pastor Scott continues to set the stage for our exploration of the power of the gospel over the hurt of sin in our lives.

Pastor Scott begins our series exploring the ways sin creeps into our lives, and calls us to embrace the power and freedom that Jesus offers to us in his life and death and resurrection.

Forgiving is one of the most important things we can do. If we want to understand the forgiveness that Jesus offers to us, we have to extend that forgiveness to others.