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“Be Bold & Confident” By: Zach Wood Acts 7:54-56 Not only does God tell us not to worry, but He wants us to be bold and confident. That is downright hard for many of us. When we initially think of being bold and confident for God it can frighten us many times. Depending on our personalities...

"We Have Real Hope" By Zach Wood Romans 5:1-5 In life, we all have times when we feel hopeless. Maybe someone gave you the cold shoulder in a desperate time of need.Maybe you lost your job right in the middle of a serious financial crisis at home. Or perhaps everyone at work threw more...

"Press On: Go For The Prize!" By Zach Wood Matthew 7:13-14 (As you begin, I encourage you to go to You Tube and watch the Balance Beam illustration from Francis Chan and then continue.) We all want to achieve things, but we won’t get very far if we choose to straddle the balance beam of life...

“Renewed Each Morning” By Zach Wood Psalm 51:10 I am sure there are many people who choose to start their day off with quiet time with God. I hope this would be the case for most of us, but not saying morning time has to be everyone’s decision. For me, personally, I cannot imagine starting my...

“Choose To Rejoice” By Zach Wood Psalm 118:24 It seems each day I am faced with different things that challenge my attitude and outlook. As you all do, I have hard days and good days. This is part of being a human being. Some days we feel great and are loving life. Then other days it seems...

“Sold-Out Love: From Fan To Follower” By Zach Wood Dueteronomy 6:5 For the past six weeks, I went through a sermon series with my church from “Not A Fan” by Kyle Idleman. Let me tell you first, these were some of the most challenging and convicting sermons I’ve ever given. When I consider my...

“A Hard Command To Follow” By Zach Wood John 15:12 I wanted to share a passage with you that I was reading the other day during my devotional time and it really spoke to me. When I read that passage, I thought of all the excuses I so often use toward God about not loving certain people who...

“How Foolish Of Me” By Zach Wood 1 Corinthians 1:18 I don’t know about you, but I know that I have done many, many foolish things in my life. After 36 years of being alive on this earth, I have done some things that I am not proud of at all. I have made bad decisions. I have said bad things...

“Always There” By Zach Wood Psalm 139:7-10 The past couple of days I have been reading this passage from the book of Psalm. This prayer from David’s heart to God in this close, deep and personal encounter is beautiful. It clearly expresses how close God wants to be to us and how close He...

"Why Are You There?" By Zach Wood John 6:1-2 I think sometimes in our walk with Christ, we must really take some time to ask ourselves “why do I go to church”? Ask yourself “why am I there on Sundays”? This is not a question to bring any guilt to you at all. Many times through the Gospels...

"Lose The Gavel" By Zach Wood James 1:19-20 I know this sounds like a silly question, but how many of us would walk into a store and ask to buy only part of a picture frame? Or how many of us would buy a painting and ask to only have half or just part of it? No, we want to buy the whole...

"He Makes All Things New" By Zach Wood 2 Corinthians 5:17 This passage has been on my mind lately a lot. As we begin this new year, I take a look at the things I have done in the past year and also I think about all that God has done in my life to change me, challenge me and strengthen me. I...

"Trust In His Sufficiency" By Zach Wood James 1:2-8 This is a wonderful time of the year for celebrating with family, friends and loved ones. There’s just something about this time of year that lifts many people’s spirits and puts them in a joyful mood. Christmastime is a memorable time of...

Amen to that as well! Thank you for sharing. :)

"Why Do We Worship? (Our Approach To The Throne)" By Zach Wood Romans 12:1-2 One reason is because God is Worthy to be Worshiped and Adored. Another reason is because of what God did for us in sending Christ to die for us. Are we going to continue to be consumed by the duties of our daily...

"Who Are Your 'Go To' People?" By Zach Wood Psalm 1:1-3, Proverbs 15:22 The first verse in Psalm 1 hits the nail on the head. Where do we go we need advice? Every one of us has times when we must seek out counsel from others as to what is good to do and what God would have us do. Hopefully...

"We're Good At Holding On And Letting Go" By Zach Wood Matthew 5:43-48 We are pretty good at holding onto things, aren’t we? One thing many of us are good at holding onto are grudges. We hold onto grudges and bitterness very well. Our problem here is that we are good at holding onto the...

"Engage In Power Through Praying Together" By Zach Wood Joshua 24:14-15 I’m sure you’ve probably heard this phrase, “The house that prays together stays together”. When we are spending quality time together and doing things with each other and not checking our cell phones or e-mail every 5...

"We Need To Regain Appreciation" By Zach Wood Psalm 9:1-2 There’s not one of us who has never given appreciation to someone else. However, sometimes in our lives we get to a point where we get so distracted and lose our focus and goals and we forget to appreciate those who mean so much to us...

"God Has Called Us To Be The Church Outside Of Church" By Zach Wood Colossians 4:2-6 Because of the Good News God has given to us, we are told to share that good news with those who are lost. Jesus gives us a mission to fulfill. The Great Commission sends us out to share the good news and...