James 1:17 tells us that "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father...".  Every good thing in our lives is birthed from our Father: our possessions, our jobs, our intelligence, our abilities... even our Christlike characteristics are from Him.  In John 7:38, Jesus says "Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living wate...  Read More

Get ready to embark on an inspiring journey with the 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting, as we begin our fast together TOMORROW NIGHT, July 30 at 7:00 PM with prayer & worship in the sanctuary! We're thrilled to kick things off with an "All Arbor" Worship service, where we'll unveil the exciting vision and details about our upcoming building project. (Please RSVP in Church Center if you need childcare.)D...  Read More

Have you ever been rejected? It’s not a pleasant feeling. No one wakes up in the morning and thinks, “How many people can I get to harshly reject me today?”It may not cross our minds often, but Jesus gets rejected every single day - by His own creation. We even see many people making attempts to rehash, reanalyze or rewrite His Word! All of this only to drag the precious name of Jesus through the ...  Read More

Many years ago, I made a permanent addition to whatever Bible reading plan I'm following. I purpose to read from the book of James every day. It has become my "how-to" book on living my life as a holy devoted follower of Jesus.One of the keys to growth in my life is found in James 1:22-25: "...  be doers of the word and not hearers only..."We all have to be careful about reading a great passage or...  Read More

 This Is How I Fight My Mammon We can very easily misuse what God had entrusted to us by letting wealth (Mammon) rule our hearts. In Luke 16:1-15, Jesus’ parable of the dishonest steward shows that we can fight the reign of Mammon in our hearts by using earthly money to make an eternal impact in people’s lives. We do that by being generous with people in a way that points them to God.But Mammon is...  Read More

This week I had an incident. When I was leaving the place where I parked my pickup truck, I hit another car because I didn't notice it was passing behind me.As I apologized to the person and analyzed the damage, I thought for a moment, "I'll have to take it to a shop and find out how much I'll have to pay", etc. In the end, we decided to let the insurance cover the damage. When I contacted the ins...  Read More