An Invitation to Trust
Fear often holds us back—hesitation keeping us on the edges, afraid to step forward into something unknown. But trust is not weakness when it arises in response to the undeniable Voice of our Shepherd. In this scenario, trust is always strength, an act of courage that leads us beyond fear and into purpose.
Grace and Gratitude Like Black-Eyed Peas
Gratitude doesn’t measure abundance; it evidences grace. It wells up within us, becoming that fountain of living water Jesus promised—springing up to eternal life. Gratitude signals that Jesus remains Lord of our ambitions, fears, past, present, and future. And with Him, all things are possible. Without Him? Nothing is ever enough.
Silver Linings amidst National Storms
In these turbulent times, a rising minority is breaking free from the haze of unexamined cultural myths, realizing the peril of a passive life. As the kingdom of this world wanes in the hearts of devout believers, they are stepping into renewed spiritual and cultural battles, resisting the erosion of core values.
Israel Under Fire: What This Means for the Church
The prayers we offered on Sunday for God’s protection over Israel seemed all the more prescient in light of Tuesday’s devastating news. On October 1, 2024, Iran unleashed Operation True Promise 2, a large-scale missile assault against Israel in retaliation for the recent assassinations of top leaders from Hamas and Hezbollah. The attack, involving some 200 missiles fired in two waves, struck multiple locations across the country. Israel’s air defenses intercepted many of the rockets, averting greater devastation and loss of life—though one Palestinian was killed by a fragment in Jericho. Iran’s audacious response followed Israel’s targeted elimination of Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh in Beirut and Tehran.