It is an amazing thing what that Galilean carpenter did. Truly you and I should be more thankful for Him than anything else in our lives. READ MORE
Gratitude
Four Prayer Habits I Learned from My Mother
These are four habits regarding prayer I picked up from my prayer-warrior mom. Perhaps you can begin to implement them in your life today. READ MORE
The Cry of the Warrior-Poets
Stop for just a moment. Ask yourself from what it is the Lord has set you free. Was it the scaring shame of deep-seated sin? Was it a relationship that was once spiraling out of control, now healed and thriving? Was it a season of depression or anxiety that you thought would never end? Was it READ MORE
Living Above & Beyond the Mess
With this post we at Bethel Church begin not only a new sermon series but also a new season—a season in which we pursue living above and beyond the material slavery that too often dominates our lives, above and beyond the spiritual complacency that beckons our souls toward a slothful existence, and above and beyond READ MORE
A Christmas Prayer
One of the features of any Christmas celebration is the longing many of us have to carry the spirit of Christmas into the many long days and weeks and months that follow. How often is it that we think to ourselves that we want to experience the meaning of Christmas ten days out, or twenty, READ MORE
In All Circumstances
It sure seems unlikely that one should elevate gratitude into the nebulous stratosphere of God’s will, but that is exactly what Paul does in 1 Thessalonians 5:18. It seems improbable because one would expect instead some great exhortation toward fulfilling a noble charge, as if Paul should exhort each of us to become a president READ MORE