Do you ever feel like you have to be self-managed? When faith is carried alone, spiritual drift can happen to any of us. Through the authors of Scripture, God assumes community, shared responsibility, ongoing presence, and relational depth as essential for faith to survive. While community is risky and people will fail us, isolation is an even greater danger. Following the example of Jesus, who invited others into his deepest moment of weakness, we are called to refuse spiritual anonymity…
In a culture that worships self-sufficiency, strength has become its own religion with its own creed, practice, and promise. But Scripture shows a radically different reality: God’s power is most visible in our weakness. Using Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” from 2 Corinthians 12, this message reminds us that weakness is not sin, failure, or irresponsibility – it is our humanity. It is the place where God’s grace meets us. Instead of hiding our limitations, burdens, and dependence, we are…
In a world that celebrates independence as strength, what if needing others isn’t a sign of weakness but wisdom? The opening message of this series challenges one of our culture’s deepest lies: that we can hold life together on our own. Scripture reminds us that we were never meant to be self-sufficient. We were made to be God-dependent and people-connected.
Christmas is over. The wrapping paper’s gone, the cookies are stale, and life is getting back to the same, old normal. But what if “normal” is where God stays at work? Even when life gets quiet, God isn’t absent. The same God who came to us in Bethlehem is still at work – doing something big, quietly.
