Be Encouraged

  • August 26, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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Be encouraged you have access to God. Believers are commanded to rejoice always. Joy is deeper than happiness and is not dependent on circumstances but rooted in remembering what we have in Christ. In Him we have acceptance, adoption, forgiveness, hope, grace, salvation, love, and the sealing of the Spirit. Remembering these truths fuels rejoicing … [Read More…] Be Encouraged

The Path To Joy: Confession, Forgiveness, and Purpose

  • August 11, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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How well are you sleeping these days?   Pain is God’s wake-up call to the soul (Psalm 32:1-4) Sin damages us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. David describes how unconfessed sin drained his strength and joy. Pain, though often normalized in our culture, is God’s loving pressure to alert us that we’ve strayed from His truth … [Read More…] The Path To Joy: Confession, Forgiveness, and Purpose

Your Sanctification

  • August 4, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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Sanctification: For You Sanctification—becoming more like Christ—is God’s will for every believer. It’s not about earning salvation but about growing in holiness because we’ve been saved. This growth, empowered by the Holy Spirit, includes developing self-control, especially in the area of sexual purity. Paul calls believers to abstain from all sexual immorality and to live … [Read More…] Your Sanctification

Unstoppable Life

  • July 29, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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The Book of Acts reveals how the life of Jesus is unstoppable, advancing through His people despite every form of opposition. Acts 5:17–42 answers the question of how Jesus works through us to change the world, showing a divine partnership between God’s power and our participation. This passage presents four key ingredients that demonstrate how … [Read More...] Unstoppable Life

A Severe Mercy

  • July 23, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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The early church was growing rapidly, marked by unity, generosity, and powerful witness. But as momentum built, a new threat emerged, not from external persecution, but from within the community itself. Ananias and Sapphira’s deceit revealed a spiritual attack designed to corrupt the church from the inside. This passage confronts us with sobering questions about … [Read More...] A Severe Mercy

Boldness For Jesus

  • July 14, 2025
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Boldness For Jesus Acts 4:1–31 Pastor Philip Miller   In our secular, pluralistic culture, there is constant pressure to keep our faith private and stay silent about Jesus. But this goes against His commission to make disciples of all nations, we are called to boldly share the Good News. True boldness for Jesus must be … [Read More...] Boldness For Jesus

Signs Of The Times

  • July 7, 2025
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Signs Of The Times Acts 3:1–26 Pastor Philip Miller   At the end of Acts 2, the early church is growing rapidly through the Apostles’ preaching and miraculous signs. Acts 3 zooms in on one specific miracle, a lame man healed at the temple gate, which serves as a powerful sign meant to point beyond … [Read More...] Signs Of The Times

Together On The Journey

  • June 24, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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Together On The Journey Acts 2:42-47 Pastor Philip Miller   In the early centuries of the Roman Empire, Christians faced intense persecution for refusing to worship the emperor or other gods, leading to widespread suspicion and marginalization. Yet, Christianity grew rapidly because it offered a radically different kind of community—one centered on a personal relationship … [Read More...] Together On The Journey
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