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“Not Just About Church Attendance” By Zach Wood Hebrews 10:24-25 NLT Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near...

“Just Sit Back And Soak It In” By Zach Wood Psalm 27:1 NIV The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? There are a lot of times in life where we like to kick back, put up our feet, and just soak in the environment...

“Nothing Else Satisfies” By Zach Wood John 14:27 NLT I am leaving you with a gift—a peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. Almost everywhere I look these days, I am seeing an advertisement for some product that is either...

“Don’t Be Afraid To Ask” By Zach Wood James 1:5 NLT If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. I don’t know about you, but I have always been a person who fears asking questions in a group of people. I don’t have a problem asking...

“Too Awesome To Comprehend” By Zach Wood Romans 11:33 NLT Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! There are a lot of things in life that we consider great. We think movies are great. We think food is...

“From Bad To Not-So-Bad” By Zach Wood 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. The beginning of last week, right as I was about to go on my lunch break at work, my wife called to tell me that the hose spigot broke off...

“Purest Promises” By Zach Wood Psalm 12:6 NLT The Lord’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over. People have the best intentions in their heart when they make promises, but so often, those promises become broken for one reason or another. It is really...

“A Peace Like No Other” By Zach Wood 2 Thessalonians 3:16 NLT Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all. Life can surely become hectic and chaotic and some days it seems we don’t even have time to catch our breath...

“Discipline: Painful, But Necessary” By Zach Wood Hebrews 12:11 NIV 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. All of us have come from different upbringing backgrounds as...

“My Help Comes From ________” By Zach Wood Psalm 121:1-2 NIV I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. We all long to receive wisdom through our lives. As we grow up through childhood, our parents and other...

“Hold Tight And Trust In Him” By Zach Wood Hebrews 10:23 NLT Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. We hold tightly onto many things. Some things we hold onto a little tighter than others because of how important they are. We...

“The Ultimate Desire” By Zach Wood Psalm 27:4 NIV One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” For the past couple of months, our pastor has been going...

“Don’t Buy Into The Lie” By Zach Wood Genesis 3:4-6 NLT “You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its...

“Worry About Nothing, Pray About Everything” By Zach Wood Philippians 4:6 NLT Don’t worry about anything, instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Confession time! I have a little trouble with the first part of this passage. Okay, okay, I...

“Continuous Longing” By Zach Wood Psalm 42:1 NLT As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. The past few weeks, our pastor has been preaching on the book of Ecclesiastes. It has been such a blessing to hear these sermons and to learn more about how Solomon longed for so...

“Be Excellent At Good-Be Innocent Of Evil” By Zach Wood Romans 16:19 NIV Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. Through many years of my experience in church services, youth group...

“Making The Cut” By Zach Wood Ephesians 2:10 NLT For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. We have all been through painful experiences in our past where we didn’t “make the cut”. I remember in grade school...

“The Reality Of Putting Him First” By Zach Wood Matthew 6:33-34 NIV But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. In the...

“A Pleasing Aroma” By Zach Wood Psalm 19:14 NLT May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. We have all walked into restaurants, bakeries and houses where something was cooking and completely overwhelmed our senses. Just...

“He Deserves All Glory” By Zach Wood Revelation 4:11 NIV You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being. All too often in life we tend to focus attention on ourselves with things we...