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OK. So, why do we pray? Or, why are we supposed to pray? Look how many times prayer is mentioned in the Bible. Look at some of the different reasons to do it and click on the links to read from the Bible:

if you’re sick
if you want to be aware of what is going on […]

check out the new page on the website HERE, or just click on the tab named .SERVE. on the top nav-bar.  it is our service page… mexico, food for lane county, lots of chances to serve. 
these are opportunities to serve others.  these are needs.  these are different kinds of ways - for different kinds of people - to […]

In your high school and college days, it’s easy to get lazy in the summer.  Well, easier.  We can all get lazy in the summertime.  But - students have three months off.  It’s sunny out.  There are new blockbusters to see at the movie theater.  The list never ends… summer is a completely unique time […]

 
Have you ever heard the story of the Prodigal Son?  If not, CLICK HERE.  If you have… here’s a challenge: a lot of us have probably felt like the prodigal son before, being stupid and wasteful and then running back to God’s waiting arms.  BUT, have you ever considered that we have probably acted like […]

 
Poor and underprivelaged people have been around for a long time.  Jesus even says they will always be with us as long as we are in a fallen world.  However, this was not Jesus dismissing the poor and homeless… even though some may say so.  For one, Jesus was homeless.  Even more plain is the amount of […]

…but the greatest of these is love.
As the Mexico team heads home, here’s a last thought on 1 Corinthians 13.  Why is love “greater” than faith and hope?  Here are two suggestions:

“faith” and “hope” are future-based.  You hope for something you don’t have yet, and you have faith in a God you can’t see.  But […]

read 1 Corinthians 13 HERE
Love never fails.  for some clarification on this passage in 1 Corinthians, let’s put our Big Greek Thinking Caps on for a few minutes (I promise it will be painless).  In fact, to prove that anyone can do the same thing I am doing below because it’s nothing fancy, I put […]

I heard a very smart person talk about this verse.  he said that the words meant more than I might realize.  the original words were interesting because when it says “love does not delight IN evil…” the “in” refered to something it had no part of.  the evil and the love were like oil and […]

read 1 Corinthians 13 HERE
Love is not easily angered.  As simple as this is… it is NOT easy.  it is simple because we know as Christians and as people called to love others, we should not be angry or quick to lose our temper.  However, it is not EASY to live this way.  it is tough.  […]

read 1 Corinthians 13 HERE
Love does not boast, it is not proud.  this verse is all about bragging.  we, as Christians, are not to brag.  now I am sure this isn’t saying we can’t partake in some joking and trash talk with friends while playing basketball or video games.  but when brag about our greatness […]

read 1 Corinthians 13 HERE
Love does not envy…  Rudy talked about the ill will (wish for harm) that is associated with envy, which makes it a step worse than plain old jealously.  the word used here for envy means: “to burn with zeal, to be heated or to boil with envy, hatred, anger.”  Sounds pretty intense… more than […]

read 1 Corinthians 13 HERE
Love is kind… Paul is speaking of a kindness that is important.  a kindness that is bigger than polite courtesy, deeper than surface thoughtfulness.  it is a self-sacrificing kindness, a kindness that is worthy of being an explanation of “how to love as Christ did.”  the Greekword is chresteuomai and this is […]

read 1 Corinthians 13 HERE
Love is patient… this is where Paul starts this conversation with these new believers in this metropolitan city.  as Chapter 12 ends, Paul says “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it… And now I will show you the most excellent way.”  what […]

Our Team: Rudy, Luci & Jared Herr - Jim & Gayle Buie - Dave & Carrie Mertz - Elise & Clarissa Emmert - Heather Shunk - Sara Bennion - Stacy Phelps 

Music is a great way of communicating about God.  Believers have been singing about God for centuries… we are no different.  I’m curious to see what connections we can make between the Bible and Relient K’s song.  Click on the highlighted phrases to see some scripture references that may just be applicable.  Click HERE to watch the video […]