Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Storms
Have you ever been through one of those times where it feels like God just sent you straight into a storm you didn't see coming? I'm guessing you could probably remember a time; in fact you may be going through one right now. Our all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful God just sent your little boat into a hurricane.
That's how the disciples probably felt when Jesus told them to go ahead of Him across a lake while He stayed behind. They went straight into s storm in the darkness of a night they would always remember. But they remembered it for all of the right reasons. We know this story for all of the right reasons.
My hope is that this Sunday you'll have a new perspective on the storms in your life as we take a look at a little boat in a big storm and catch a glimpse of how friendship, faith and love created a night the world would never forget.
Matt Butterfield
Matt Butterfield
Sunday, August 9, 2015
It's A Miracle
I'm not going to ask you if you believe in miracles, because every pollster would tell me that I can be 75% sure you'd say yes. Besides, that's not really what I want to know. What I want to know is whether you expect miracles to occur in area code 207.
Oh, sure, they happened in biblical times. Regularly, it seems.
But what about now? And what about here? Should we or should we not still
expect God to work in supernatural, unexplainable ways?
It's a question that has been begging for an answer since we started studying the miracle-saturated Book of Acts. Finally, this Sunday, we're going to find out--from Scripture--what we should and should not be expecting from God in 2015.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
The Perfect Storm
When it comes to perfect storms, all of us a) have been in one, b) are in one, or c) will be in one. And that convergence of trials can test our faith in the promises of God. It's tough, when we're getting thrashed, to keep believing what God said to us in tranquil times.
This Sunday at White Pine, I hope you will be able to hear the encouraging whisper of God in the midst of whatever storm you are weathering. And I hope you will get a peek at what God is doing right now, in you and through you, seasick as you may be.
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