The Well Church of the Nazarene

From our 2022 Advent series, "An Unexpected Christmas."

From our 2022 Advent Series, "An Unexpected Christmas."

From our series, "The Blessed Life."

It is at the Lord's table that we find the true source of thanksgiving. The eucharist, the sharing of communion, is the center of our attitude toward thanksgiving. Being thankful down to the core, and with complete disregard to self, can only be found in the center of our communion with Christ.  

From our series, "The Blessed Life."

While God works in the pluses and minuses of life, He is a God of Multiplication. When we trust Him with our offerings (both financial and otherwise), by letting go and giving them back to Him, God multiplies those offerings and uses them to bless others. What is He asking you to let go of, to give, to be, or to do?  

From our series, "The Blessed Life."

"Everything comes into order when God is first. When God is not first, life falls out of order." -- Pastor Robert Morris, The Principle of First

The Book of James is a letter written to the Church, and we see in Chapter 4 an unflattering portrait of some things taking place... some of which are still happening today. No matter where you are in your faith journey, everyone faces temptation, every day. These temptations come from our own desires--the pleasures of this world that we're often drawn toward--and feeding them leads us away from God.

When was the last time your mourned the separation between you and God? Perhaps it's time to take that first humble step in allowing Him to draw you close so you might walk in the light as He is in the light. 

Today's culture is heavily influenced by voices that are earthly, unspiritual, disordered, and evil. But "wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere." 

The tongue is mentioned in all five chapters of James. Words matter! What we say has the power to build up or to tear down, to bring death or to bring life. Once something leaves your mouth, it's both uncontainable and uncontrollable, so choose your words carefully.  

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress AND to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." 

Ours is a hands-on faith--it is not enough to simply give, no matter how much, or to send someone else, no matter how well intentioned. WE are to go to others in the midst of their desperation and JUST DO SOMETHING about it. Grace moves us toward compassion...and then compels us toward purity. For faith, absent of action, is dead.

The conclusion of our "Hand Crafted" series on spiritual formation. 

We are molded, fired, and filled for a reason--to be poured out! And the deepest love poured out comes from the most complete sacrifice. Love that heals. Forgives. Welcomes. And prepares a seat at God's table. So the question is not WILL your life be poured out, because it inevitably will. Instead, the question is on WHAT will you have it poured out?