I listened to a podcast recently by Pastor Andrew McCourt of Bayside Granite Bay. The essence of the message was simply this: "It's okay to have questions?" The discussion centered around a passage found in Luke 7:18-23. THE question comes from John the Baptist who was in prison awaiting the removal of his head. In what appears to be [...]

I wanted to wrap up our little series on Leaving our Mark as Ambassadors for Christ with one more example of our Lord choosing two unlikely individuals to be His hands and feet. This account is found in the book of Philemon. Pastor Phil has been walking us through this incredible little book the past several weeks. (You [...]

Christ Followers are Christ's Ambassadors. St. Teresa of Avila stated it this way: "Christ has no body now on earth but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which He looks with compassion upon this world."  Bottom line...the only Jesus some people will ever encounter is you! I [...]

In 2 Corinthians 5:20 the Apostle Paul declares that we are Ambassadors for Christ. God makes His appeal to humankind through us to be reconciled back to Him. Two weeks ago we used the Word to define the role of an Ambassador committed to bearing the Image of our Lord. Last week, we examined the first of [...]

Last week we began a discussion on what it means to be an Ambassador for Christ. It is very encouraging to discover that our God chooses His Ambassadors from all walks of life; they come in all shapes and sizes. Scripture is filled with many examples of those who knowingly or unwittingly left their enduring mark for [...]

Leaving Your Mark! Men of INTENTION clearly understand that every moment of every day matters for eternity. We must use our moments and days as His Ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:20). Scripture is filled with compelling accounts of individuals who left their enduring mark for the Kingdom of God. Ambassadors come in all shapes and sizes as we will see over the [...]

Stormy Weather - 1 Peter 1:13 - 2:10. A recipe for Fail-Proof Security in an Insecure World!   What does it take to weather any storm? Spend some time today reading and meditating upon the passages connected to the following six principles: LIVE for the future. (1:13) Be WILLING to be different. (1:16) Demonstrate a LOVING REVERENCE for our God. (1:17) DEEPLY LOVE our [...]

Corrie ten Boom once said, "In darkness, God's light shines most clear." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Jesus Christ said, "The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it." (John 1:5).  INTENTIONAL men of God [...]

Charles Colson: "If you don't have something worth dying for you don't have anything worth living for." William James: "The most important thing in life is to live your life for something more important than your life." Harold Kushner: "Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth or power. Those rewards create almost as many problems [...]

In our Sunday Services this past month we have been challenged to make an INTENTIONAL shift in how we process our circumstances. We need to change our perspective. If we are to live joyfully, we must embrace God's perspective. We must learn to process our circumstances through His eyes. The Apostle Paul shares his theology on this conversation in Philippians 1:12 : [...]