While we have "hurricane" on our minds...

"How happy are we if the hurricanes that blow across life's raging sea have the effect of making Jesus more precious to us! It is better to weather the storm with Christ than to sail smooth waters without Him" - J.R. Madcuff

(thanks Margaret Land)

Are my friendships wise?

Good friends... bad friends. We all have them. But who are your closest friends? Who do you go to when you are in need of counsel or help?

"The problem is not conversation or acquaintance or even the occasional hang-out. The problem arises when bad friends replace our inner circle of godly, wise friends. The real problem happens when they replace Scripture and Jesus-loving friends... when they become our inner circle, our wise counsel, or our support during trial, we will be overcome by their foolishness and become fools ourselves." -James Pruch

A really good question that stings...

The following quote is from John Piper.

“Does your mouth usually heal people with words of grace and love and kindness, or does it wound people with insensitive, harsh, critical, unhelpful words?”

Yeah... I know. It stings doesn't it? I've read it several times (and even quoted it in my sermon last week) and it still stings - especially the word "usually". May God help us all to use our mouths to heal and not wound people!

Help For Christians Who Make Bad Decisions!

When is the last time you said, "Why in the world did I do that?" As a pastor I am privileged to help people work through some very difficult situations, but by far the most serious are ones that were created by making really bad decisions. Or even sinful decisions.

There is no doubt that we Christians need to learn how to make wise decisions about parenting, finances, and sexual purity (just to name a few). Pleasing God does require making wise decisions. Thankfully we are not left to ourselves to figure life out. The Scriptures - and especially Proverbs - are loaded with much help for those in need of wisdom (like me)!

Join us this summer as we dig into Proverbs in search of wisdom together.

All Or Nothing For Jesus

“Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling him or herself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd."
-Francis Chan

Hosanna!

It's that time again! Palm Sunday. Christians all around the world will celebrate Jesus' glorious and triumphal entry into Jerusalem. We call it the "deep breath before the plunge" into holy week. Jesus was betrayed, abandoned, falsely arrested, tortured and brutally murdered before the week was up. And we know why - to save us.

At Servant's Heart Fellowship we always go big on this day - palm branches for everyone to wave as we sing Hosanna! Join us as we celebrate our king. He is worthy of all this attention (and so much more).