Vision2017
Pastor Jim Fikkert
[19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. | Matthew 28.19-20 When people […]
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the […]
The biggest failure
Pastor Jim Fikkert
I have watched (and listened) to a few things over the last week that touch on the current notion of purpose. Specifically, the struggle that many are having with a life that feels meaningless, undirected, and utterly purposeless. This feeling causes people to lose joy and motivation in the lives they currently lead. A change […]
Resisting the Scoffers
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” | 2 Peter 3.3-4 Last week I had a conversation with a […]
Using the right tool
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled […]
Changing the calendar
Pastor Jim Fikkert
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to […]
Why we pray
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Last night I gathered together with my Community Group to have our ‘Christmas in Community’ celebration. This year, instead of a church-wide Christmas Eve celebration, we chose to gather together in the same small groups we meet with regularly, to celebrate the Incarnation. We read Scripture, we sang songs, and we prayed together as a […]
Just a little PEACE
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will […]
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