God's Open Window
We Need Each Other
By Randall Shepard We need each other. That is just the truth. In Genesis 2:18 God said “It is not good for man to be alone.” Of course, to give this quote proper context, God said this right before he created Eve. God made Eve to be a help mate for Adam. But if you…
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From the desk of a Youth Pastor, Have you ever noticed the way we made our resolutions a month ago? We get really worked up about it and swear this year will be different. Well January is gone and February is here. What about your resolutions are they here also or did you give up.…
Read MoreVictory In Jesus
By Pastor Troy Warner One of my favorite hymns to sing is Victory in Jesus. “Oh, Victory in Jesus, My Savior, forever, he sought me and bought me, with his redeeming blood, He loved me ere I knew Him, and all my love is due Him, He plunged me to Victory beneath the cleansing flood,”…
Read MoreDon’t Change My ‘Welkin Rings’
By Pastor Cory Swinderman Charles Wesley was a prolific hymn writer. He penned over 6,000 hymns in a span of 53 years. You’ve probably heard his best-known hymn, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, many times in the past month. During Wesley’s life, people would often use his hymns in their own books. Sometimes they would…
Read MoreGiving thanks through advent
By Rev. Randall Shepard The Christmas season is my favorite time of the year, which is why Thanksgiving in my favorite holiday. I know that does not make a lot of sense, but Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday for a few reasons. One, I love to eat, watch football, and hang out with family. It…
Read MoreMay They Be Brought To Complete Unity
By Cory Swinderman It was the night before Jesus went to the cross to die for our sins. He spent those last few hours praying for himself, for his disciples, and for us. In the section of his prayer directed towards us, he prayed: “May they be brought to complete unity to let the world…
Read MoreA Time For Giving
By Pastor Troy Warner October is blowing away like a leaf in the wind. November is here and it brings with it the reminder of Thanksgiving. This time of the year brings us to the Season of Giving all around. There are many stories in the Bible about giving. Perhaps the most interesting to me,…
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By Pastor Randy Shepard In John 9, Jesus and his disciples passed a man who had been blind from birth and one of the disciples asked Jesus “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus’s answer not only flipped the first century Jewish cultural view of people who live…
Read MoreCommanded by the Lord
By Pastor Troy Warner How did you become a believer in Jesus Christ? When you look back, who comes to mind as those who shared Jesus with you? Did you know that God could have accomplished His work without anyone? But he chooses to reach the lost through believers. What a privilege! In Matthew 28:19-20,…
Read MoreAn Emulsifier for Enmity
By Pastor Cory Swinderman Some people are like oil and water. They do not mix. They do not want to mix. In their past, there lies a betrayal, a slight, or a hurt that has fractured relationship. They become divided in our divided world. The Bible tells us that enmity is to blame. Enmity is…
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