Can Dead Bones Live?
Pastor Melvin takes us through Ezekiel 37 and exhorts us to speak truth from God's word into our minds, hearts and situations that seem impossible. When God breaths life into dead bones, they live.
Wisdom and Revelation
Pastor John shows us in 2 Kings 6:8 how the King of Syria has no chance against the Kingdom of Israel who has God on their side. There is a fight for our focus, and where we focus determines how well we fight. Fear comes from forgetting that God is in control. Pray that God will open your eyes.
The God of "Yet" and "Not Yet"
Like using old paper maps, we often live by outdated information on who we are. We feel confused and stressed when we compare where we are with where we think we should be. Yet God is the God of where you expect to go and the God of the detour. Join Pastor Melvin as he shows us how Mary and Joseph's detour was part of God's purpose, and how your difficult experiences can bring forth God's deliverance in your life.
God is God, and God is Good
The story of Christmas doesn't change, but we do. Join Pastor Melin in Luke 2 as he takes us through the old tale of the birth of Jesus and teaches fresh, sweet news. God comes for the unclean. God comes for the weak. God comes for the confused. And when you know that God has a plan for you, you can rest easy in his finished work.
Abraham, Isaac, and Esau
Pastor Melvin takes us to Genesis 25, the beginning of the story of Jacob, but this time focusing on Esau. Esau traded his birthright, his right to inherit a vast fortune, for a bowl of beans. Though that may sound foolish, we do it every day when we prioritize quick fixes over the joy God's plan has in store for us. Join Pastor Melvin as he teaches us how to beware of the habits that lead to regret and enjoy the birthright we already have as children of God.
I am Jacob
Learn through Jacob's life how to cling to the Lord instead of to things or who you think others want you to be.
The Light and the Limp
In Genesis 32:24-31, God touches Jacob's [meaning supplanter] thigh and changes his name to Israel [meaning God fights]. Pastor Melvin encourages us that in our lives, the Light often doesn't stop the limp; neither does the limp stop the Light.
Romance and Redemption
When you are threshing your wheat as Ruth was in chapter 2 of her story, you may feel beaten, but take courage, God is always at work in ways far beyond what you can see.
The X Factor
Beginning in Ruth 1:1, Pastor Melvin shows us how seemingly small decisions made by four different people had a large impact in their lives. Will you base your decision on reliance on yourself, emotions about your circumstances, what is reasonable from a carnal perspective or on the X Factor, the sacrificial love of our one true Lord and Savior, like Ruth did?
Gleaning
Beginning in Ruth chapter 1, Pastor John shows us a contrast between two women. Are you allowing your circumstances to define who you are like Naomi did when she changed her name to Mara, or are you gleaning as Ruth did and finding God at work no matter the delays, addictions, and disappointments, in your life or how downtrodden afflicted or destitute you feel.