Grace: God's Provision for the Believer

Believers must be vigilant to avoid settling for less than God's best in various aspects of life. Some of the dangers in doing this include distorting our identity in Christ, accepting bondage, and compromising our values. Our success in daily living hinges on recognizing our wor ...  Show more

We must never forget the importance of giving from a place awareness of God's love for us, instead of from a sense of duty that causes us to give grudgingly. Being a giver awakens us to the blessings we already have in Christ. God's economy is one of abundance; giving therefore r ...  Show more

Today we continue our weeklong focus on forgiveness, by looking at the incredible gift of forgiveness we’ve been offered in Jesus. Every command God has given us, he has already supplied the grace to live in obedience to. Forgiveness is no different. May we find the grace to forg ...  Show more

Grace is not simply the pardon of our sins; it is the power to press on in obedience. We trust in God’s ever-arriving gracious power to enable us to do what we should. 

Pastor Ben Stuart // There’s a tendency in God to chase us and give us life, not because of something beautiful in us; because of something beautiful in Him. — That's the thing about a gift. Whether you feel worthy or not doesn’t matter. God's love is not motivated by or conti ...

In today’s First15, we continue our weeklong focus on forgiveness by looking at the idea of separating out our forgiveness of the person from their actions. It’s often our failure to do this separation that keeps us from engaging in the lifegiving command to forgive. But God has ...  Show more