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“Our Main Pursuit” By Zach Wood Proverbs 21:21 “He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.” We tend to pursue a lot of things in life, don’t we? We pursue a job that we long to have and perhaps further our education in order to be considered for the job. We long...

“His Many, Marvelous Wonders” By Zach Wood Psalm 40:5 “Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, the would be too many to declare.” I always feel so inspired after reading from the book of...

“May Our Love Truly Abound” By Zach Wood Philippians 1:9-11 “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of...

“The Desire To Encourage” By Zach Wood Psalm 19:14 “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” One book of the Bible I always enjoy reading through is the book of Psalms. The pages are filled with inspiration and...

“The Negative Challenge” By Zach Wood Ephesians 4:29 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Paul talks to the church in Ephesus and encourages them to be careful...

“Our Real & Genuine Love To Others” By Zach Wood 1 John 4:11-12 “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God: but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” Last week, I shared the couple verses prior about...

“His Proof Of Real & Genuine Love” By Zach Wood 1 John 4:9-10 “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our...

“Search Me & Change Me” By Zach Wood Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” What a powerful passage and psalm from David! This is a deep cry out to God and a...

“Action, Action, Action!” By Zach Wood 1 John 3:18 “Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” As we begin this last day of April and look ahead to the month of May, I hope that each of you are encouraged that each day is a gift from God. So many of our...

“The Call To Persevere” By Zach Wood James 1:4 “Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” Here’s a word I’d like to put in our minds for this week. The word is “perseverance”. When we see that word, we know it doesn’t mean anything that...

“Please Him, Not People” By Zach Wood Colossians 3:23-24 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Every time I read this...

“Attitude Control” By Zach Wood Romans 12:2 “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” This passage came up today on the Bible app...

“His Continued Faithfulness” By Zach Wood Deuteronomy 7:9, “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.” My favorite word from that passage is “faithful”. When I think...

“Love Through Discipline” By Zach Wood Hebrews 12:11, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” We all know that discipline makes us stronger and teaches us to learn to do...

“Give Him Praise” By Zach Wood Psalm 100- “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with...

“The Power Of His Great Love” By Zach Wood Romans 8:38-39 There’s something powerful about this passage every time I read it and share it with others. I am always reminded that, no matter what happens in my life and what hard times I go through, God’s love will always be strong to protect and...

“Breathtaking Beauty” By Zach Wood Psalm 19:1 Out of all the wonderful things I’ve seen through my years of life, nothing takes my breath away like when I see a beautiful sunrise or a sunset. I could be just taking a walk by myself, with my family or be in the car going somewhere. No matter...

“What Holds You Back?” By Zach Wood Matthew 19:21-22 Here is the story of the rich young man that so many of us have read about time and time again. I’m sure many of us learned about him in Sunday School through the years and have heard several sermons as well regarding his encounter with...

“Beauty From Pruning” By Zach Wood John 15:1-2 This passage was part of the main text I used for Sunday’s sermon. Jesus is very clear in telling us that if we are not connected to Him, we are not growing and receive no nourishment. This is so clear and we need to take notice of this in our...

“Are We Completely Committed?” By Zach Wood John 6:66 Jesus talked to the crowd about He Himself being the Bread of Life after He just served a huge feast to them. So many were just coming for the food and for the “show”, but Jesus wanted more commitment. Jesus shares with them that He...