Have you ever noticed that it doesn’t really matter until it happens to you? It’s a strange thing to wake up one day to the fact that you have been drifting along and amongst a whole host of people who daily walk through some of the most difficult things and you’ve missed it. When did…

We are winding down to the last few messages in the series, “When God Doesn’t” through the book of Habakkuk. This week’s message was called, “What To Expect When You Are Expecting.” Using the familiar term of “expecting” as in when a child is going to be born into your life, Pastor Chad, talked about how expectancy in…

Questions for the Road: What’s it like for you to wait and listen for God to respond to your pain? What could you do to make more room for listening? What are some answers God has given you in the past that you can write down as an anchor for the future? Share about a…

You have heard the statement, “practice what you preach!”  This saying is derived from a biblical source when Jesus in Matt 23:3 said, “so practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach.” He was speaking of the Pharisees, the prominent leaders of the day. Most of…

As we continue in the series through Habakkuk called When God Doesn’t. This message called Waiting Isn’t Wasting shared with us how Habakkuk brings his complaints to the Lord.  Believe – Habakkuk wrestles and doesn’t run from the troubles. Habakkuk is in a situation where waiting is the only move he’s got. Does anyone like to…

I had this question in mind today: What if external sin is an outlet for internal sin to express itself?  My “just thinking” thoughts about that:  What if the reason I can not handle when other people sin against me is that it ignites sin in me? Sin begets sin. That’s what it does. Its…