Where Roots Run Deep, Life Grows Strong

Growing up I remember whining to my Dad about how our lawn didn’t look as nice as our neighbors or my friends’ house. My Dad was too considerate to say, “Because you kids are always playing hotbox on it.” Having a great looking lawn is not the most important thing in...

When the Weak Become Strong

Many years ago, the great preacher, Charles Spurgeon, said, “God does not need your strength: He has more than enough power of His own. He asks for your weakness: He has none of that himself, and He is longing, therefore, to take your weakness, and use it as the...

“Finding Strength in Surrender”

We often equate strength with power and effort and surrender with weakness and submission.  But biblical strength comes not from striving, but from surrendering to God.  Surrender is an unpopular word.  It implies defeat, forfeiting the game or losing.  And no one...

Embracing Weakness – The Path to Grace

Have you ever felt like your weaknesses are holding you back? Have you ever considered those same limitations might hold the keys to your greatest potential? This Sunday, we’ll learn how to challenge the way we see our perceived disadvantages. God often uses our...

Self-Deceit

There is a famous legend about settling the matter of God’s existence that concerns a man shot with a poisoned arrow. Before the man can allow the arrow to be withdrawn and the wound treated, he insists upon knowing who shot him, what sort of poison was in the arrow,...