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Sunday School at 9:00am
Worship Service at 10:15am
Messages
Work Out Your Salvation
Philippians 2:12-13 calls believers to “work out your salvation.” This doesn’t mean working for salvation, which is a free gift of grace, but letting what God has placed inside show on the outside, just as a little boy once wondered if Jesus should “stick out” if He lives in us. The reminder is simple: don’t expect God to do what He expects you to do. Working out our faith demonstrates it, brings blessings, and glorifies God, whether through the walls…
Nehemiah 6:15-7:3
Ever notice that as soon as you clean up one mess, another one shows up? In this message from Nehemiah 6:15-7:3, the wall is finished in just 52 days, yet Nehemiah still has to stay alert. The struggle doesn’t end when the work is done. So give God credit when He works in your life, live with integrity, and don’t let your guard down. Rather than praying for an easy life, pray like Nehemiah: “Lord, strengthen my hands.” One day,…
More Pressure
We’re back in Nehemiah 6, where the wall is nearly finished and the opposition is louder than ever. If you’ve been with us through this series, you’ve seen the pattern: the closer God’s work gets to completion, the harder the pushback becomes. That shouldn’t surprise us. We live in a world caught in a cosmic battle, and when you set out to do something great for God, you should expect resistance. Most of us don’t have an enemy like Sanballat,…
Blog Posts
The Story Our Scars Tell
Our scars tell the story of the life we have lived. They are a visible marker of the struggles we have gone through, evidence to the world of something we survived. Several years ago, my mother-in-law had surgery on both her knees. With fresh eight-inch scars down the front of each one, someone saw her in a skirt, pointed, and said, “Hey, you have new knees.” The scars told her story. Similarly, I watched a man walk into the gas…
Who Am I Really Trying to Please?
As part of our “Favorite Bible Verse” series, I got to share the verse that’s stuck with me for years: Galatians 1:10. “Obviously, I am not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.” (NLT) I first came across this verse not long after I recommitted my life to Jesus. I’d picked my Bible back up, started actually reading it, and this verse jumped off the…
The Author of Life: From the Cradle to the Cross to Eternity
Genesis 1:26-28, Psalm 127:3, John 10:10, and Romans 6:4-5 We are a people obsessed with life. We buy multivitamins and new shoes. We research sleep and track our steps. Some of us reach for creams that promise younger skin or dye our hair the color it was twenty years ago. We do all of this — almost instinctively — because something deep inside us refuses to let go of life. We want more of it. Better of it. Longer of…
Location Details
205 S. Grand St. Chariton, Iowa 50049
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Sunday School at 9:00 am
Sunday Service at 10:15 am