Posts from June 2013

Posts from June 2013

Prayer Partner Update – 6/20/2013

The next few months will set our course for the next three-five years. We are dependent on and so grateful for your intercession on our behalf.  Pray as the Spirit guides you but we would also appreciate you lifting the following needs up in prayer this week. THANK YOU! Scripture Focus for the Week: The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.(Matt 9:37-38)…

Why Being Part of a Small Group is Good

In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram. Propterea sicut per unum hominem in hunc mundum peccatum intravit et per peccatum mors et ita in omnes homines mors pertransiit in quo omnes peccaverunt. Iustificati igitur ex fide pacem habeamus ad Deum per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum. Omnes enim peccaverunt et egent gloriam Dei.

Lessons from the Vineyard

The Grand Valley of Colorado is known agriculturally for the quality of the fruit that it’s orchards and vineyards produce. The unique sediment soil, abundant sun light, protection by the massive Mesa and Book Cliffs mountains, and the life giving flow of the Colorado River make this desert fertile and productive.  Recently while walking down the rows of vines, I was reminded of the parable Jesus told his disciples in John chapter 15 and some of the faith-life lessons that come…

Prayer Partner Update – 6/9/2013

We are so thankful that you are interceding on behalf of NineSevenZero Church, our communities, the team and our families. Pray as the Spirit guides you but we would also appreciate you lifting the following needs up in prayer this week. THANK YOU! Scripture Focus for the Week: The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.(Matt 9:37-38) We are now expecting district approval…

This Is NOT What I Expected

Have you ever come to a point in a job, a relationship, your marriage, with your children, your first semester or planting a church when you wake up one day and say, “This is NOT what I expected?” This must have been how the disciples felt at their last celebration of Passover with Jesus. They were convinced that He was the Messiah and would soon be crowned King. They had been talking among themselves for weeks about their place in…

Only Now at the End

There’s not much good about growing old except the advantage of historical perspective. Some people call it wisdom but most of the time it’s just that we know a bunch of stuff that doesn’t work (because we’ve tried and failed). However, the longer I walk with the Lord the easier it becomes to believe and trust. Not because the challenges are less but rather that God has proven himself faithful in the past and sufficient for my need. I love…