Pastor’s Blog

The Holy Spirit Gives You What You Need Jesus teaches His disciples how to pray the Lord’s prayer in Luke 11:1-13. The disciples had not yet realized their full need for the Holy Spirit. Read Luke 11:9-13. Jesus concludes by saying that the Holy Spirit would give them what they needed. Jesus is encouraging His … Read More

Full of A Different Joy. You really need to read the whole chapter of Luke 10 to understand Jesus’ joy. The whole party started at Luke 10:17 when the 72 disciples return to Jesus with “joy.” Four times the word joy or rejoice is used from Luke 10:17-21, but the last time Luke uses a … Read More

Luke 9:1 Jesus GAVE the power and authority to the Twelve Disciples to cast out demons and heal the sick. Authority doesn’t mean that we ask, authority means that we command! We don’t ask for demons to flee or sickness to leave, we command it! The same power that was given to the disciples has … Read More

Reach In Faith As we are in the season of Advent, we have been reminded that no matter what we are going through in life, God is always with us. This promise is illustrated clearly in this story. In today’s passage we read about a woman who had an “issue with blood” and had been … Read More

Ordinary Days Just an ordinary day for Jesus right? In this passage we see Jesus (as we often do in the Bible) sitting among the people teaching. Not just believers but Pharisees and other teachers of the law. There’s no hint that in the passages to follow a miracle is going to take place – … Read More

Chapter 4 of Luke’s gospel finds Jesus in the synagogue of His hometown, Nazareth.  He’s recently survived a 40 day fast and temptation battle with Satan.  He’s just beginning His public ministry and word about him is spreading as people are blown away by his teaching.  We can imagine it’s a packed house on the … Read More

Deserts for Healing Advent reminds us of a coming King. It also reminds us of the deserts we face. No doubt about it, finding healing in the desert seems like an impossible endeavor. Yet, this is exactly how Jesus was fully prepared for his earthly mission. The desert is where we find Christ’s healing power … Read More

Luke 3:22 Well-pleased. This word captures the essence of the relationship within the Trinity. The Father was well-pleased with his Son. The Holy Spirit bore witness to that fact here in Luke, revealing to us the Trinity present in all His forms- a rare sight in the Bible. This same word is used to mean … Read More

Luke 3:16 John the Baptist, as great as he was, offered the best that he could by baptizing with water. Only Jesus Christ can offer us more by filling us with the Holy Spirit and fire, setting us free from the things that are holding us captive. We allow so many things to hold us … Read More

Anytime Now! In this passage we read about a man name Simeon who waited in Jerusalem for years for Jesus to come into the world. To Simeon Jesus was more than “God’s Son” coming into the world, however Jesus meant salvation and comfort. Simeon waited all his life for Comfort (Jesus). It is interesting that … Read More