Ready, Set, Grow!

This Sunday, we kick off our March spiritual growth / vision series, entitled "Ready, Set, Grow!"  I hope you will join in each Sunday as we ask God to help us grow and make spiritual commitments which allow God's Spirit to be at work in our lives.   This Sunday, we will get started with the first core value of New Life - BEGIN.  We believe that every New Lifer should begin a spiritual journey of faith in Christ Jesus by exploring and embracing biblical truth.

One of the foundational questions we will be asking on Sunday is "Why is growing spiritually important?" Most of us have more important things going on, right?!  We are striving to make our marriage work, become the best parent possible, and make the money necessary to be comfortable and provide for our needs and wants.

Here's the reason spiritual growth is so important: all of those pursuits are fruitless without God.  Your spiritual growth is essential to accomplishing many of the great goals in life.  Few people connect the dots, but if you want a truly great romance and marriage, you need to grow up spiritually.  If you want to become the best parent possible for your kids, you need God's help!   If you want to make a lot of money and not end up miserable, you need to grow up spiritually!

The Bible says, "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." (James 1:17)   I believe God has good things in store for your life, but the key to experiencing God's good gifts is to allow God to produce in you a transformed life -- a life transformed to be more like Jesus.

Ready, Set, Grow!

 Looking forward to this year's New Life Vision Series focusing on spiritual growth.  Ready, Set, Grow will focus on the four core values of New Life.  Make plans now to join us for each Sunday gathering in March 2012.

Walking with God - Moses

Really enjoyed the message on Joseph and hope you did as well.  One of the themes that is becoming a pattern in many of the great people of faith in the Old Testament is that the story is really more about God's activity than anything spectacular about the individual.  Moses is another case in point.  Clearly, he became a giant of a man and a great leader.  But when God called him, he was full of doubts and excuses, not faith and action.  It gives me great hope to realize that becoming what God wants me to be is a process of spiritual growth and I don't need to loose heart just because I am less than perfect.  Join us Sunday as we continue our series, "Walking with God" and look at the life of Moses.

Jacob's journey home

Looking forward to this Sunday's message on "Jacob's Journey Home".  Jacob's story occupies 10 chapters  in the book of Genesis.  Jacob was many things - a tent dweller, a shepherd, a deceiver, and a fighter.  In fact, Jacob wrestled with just about everyone who came his way.  His story is full of deceit, violence, and suspense.   What is most notable about JAcob's story is that Jacob wrestled with God and "prevailed"!  Imagine that!  God rewarded JAcob for wrestling with God.

The story of Jacob can teach us many things about walking with God, prayer, and prevailing with the promises of God.  I hope you'll join us Sunday and bring a friend.